diff --git a/share/man/man9/style.9 b/share/man/man9/style.9
index 7ceeb173faf5..ed65ac67b0ad 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/style.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/style.9
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\"	From: @(#)style	1.14 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 17, 2008
+.Dd January 7, 2010
 .Dt STYLE 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ statement that cascade should have a
 .Li FALLTHROUGH
 comment.
 Numerical arguments should be checked for accuracy.
+Code which is unreachable for non-obvious reasons may be marked /*
+.Li NOTREACHED
+*/.
 .Bd -literal
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "abNn:")) != -1)
 		switch (ch) {		/* Indent the switch. */