From bcd50fe5c3c6e70c710e13378999814e9df43d3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 08:49:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] style.mdoc: Explain why not to abuse Nm

MFC after:		3 days
Reviewed by:		0mp
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55299
---
 share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5 | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5 b/share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5
index 64e2291d1c7..c4c2aa7b369 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ which renders as:
 Then run
 .Ql Nm make Cm install Cm clean .
 .Ed
+.Pp
+This pollutes the
+.Xr whatis 1
+database, causing
+.Ql whatis clean
+to incorrectly show the page it was written in.
 .El
 .Ss Copyright Header
 Refer to