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14249 pseudo-terminal nomenclature should reflect POSIX
Change-Id: Ib4a3cef899ff4c71b09cb0dc6878863c5e8357bc

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
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-.TH IN.TELNETD 1M "June 20, 2021"
+.TH IN.TELNETD 1M "February 5, 2022"
 .SH NAME
 in.telnetd, telnetd \- DARPA TELNET protocol server
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB/usr/sbin/in.telnetd\fR [\fB-a\fR \fIauthmode\fR] [\fB-EXUh\fR] [\fB-s\fR \fItos\fR]

@@ -20,14 +20,15 @@
 \fBTELNET\fR port as indicated by the \fB/etc/services\fR file (see
 \fBservices\fR(4)).
 .sp
 .LP
 \fBin.telnetd\fR operates by allocating a pseudo-terminal device for a client,
-then creating a login process which has the slave side of the pseudo-terminal
-as its standard input, output, and error. \fBin.telnetd\fR manipulates the
-master side of the pseudo-terminal, implementing the \fBTELNET\fR protocol and
-passing characters between the remote client and the login process.
+then creating a login process which has the subsidiary side of the
+pseudo-terminal as its standard input, output, and error. \fBin.telnetd\fR
+manipulates the manager side of the pseudo-terminal, implementing the
+\fBTELNET\fR protocol and passing characters between the remote client and the
+login process.
 .sp
 .LP
 When a \fBTELNET\fR session starts up, \fBin.telnetd\fR sends \fBTELNET\fR
 options to the client side indicating a willingness to do \fIremote\fR
 \fBecho\fR of characters, and to \fIsuppress\fR \fIgo\fR \fIahead\fR. The