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diff --git a/modules/pam_wheel/pam_wheel.8 b/modules/pam_wheel/pam_wheel.8
index 648046e6..8077e814 100644
--- a/modules/pam_wheel/pam_wheel.8
+++ b/modules/pam_wheel/pam_wheel.8
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
'\" t
.\" Title: pam_wheel
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 09/03/2021
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 05/07/2023
.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
-.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Source: Linux-PAM
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "PAM_WHEEL" "8" "09/03/2021" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
+.TH "PAM_WHEEL" "8" "05/07/2023" "Linux\-PAM" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ group\&. If no group with this name exist, the module is using the group with th
\fB0\fR\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
-\fBdebug\fR
+debug
.RS 4
Print debug information\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBdeny\fR
+deny
.RS 4
Reverse the sense of the auth operation: if the user is trying to get UID 0 access and is a member of the wheel group (or the group of the
\fBgroup\fR
@@ -56,24 +56,24 @@ option), deny access\&. Conversely, if the user is not in the group, return PAM_
was also specified, in which case we return PAM_SUCCESS)\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBgroup=\fR\fB\fIname\fR\fR
+group=name
.RS 4
Instead of checking the wheel or GID 0 groups, use the
\fB\fIname\fR\fR
group to perform the authentication\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBroot_only\fR
+root_only
.RS 4
The check for wheel membership is done only when the target user UID is 0\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBtrust\fR
+trust
.RS 4
The pam_wheel module will return PAM_SUCCESS instead of PAM_IGNORE if the user is a member of the wheel group (thus with a little play stacking the modules the wheel members may be able to su to root without being prompted for a passwd)\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBuse_uid\fR
+use_uid
.RS 4
The check will be done against the real uid of the calling process, instead of trying to obtain the user from the login session associated with the terminal in use\&.
.RE