diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
index 2dff8be66632..af241db487d7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)syslogd.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 9, 2018
+.Dd April 15, 2018
 .Dt SYSLOGD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -243,20 +243,6 @@ Usually the
 .Dq kern
 facility is reserved for messages read directly from
 .Pa /dev/klog .
-.It Fl O Ar format
-Select the output format of generated log messages.
-The values
-.Ar bsd
-and
-.Ar rfc3164
-are used to generate RFC 3164 log messages.
-The values
-.Ar syslog
-and
-.Ar rfc5424
-are used to generate RFC 5424 log messages,
-having RFC 3339 timestamps with microsecond precision.
-The default is to generate RFC 3164 log messages.
 .It Fl m Ar mark_interval
 Select the number of minutes between
 .Dq mark
@@ -274,6 +260,20 @@ This option inherits
 .Fl s .
 .It Fl n
 Disable DNS query for every request.
+.It Fl O Ar format
+Select the output format of generated log messages.
+The values
+.Ar bsd
+and
+.Ar rfc3164
+are used to generate RFC 3164 log messages.
+The values
+.Ar syslog
+and
+.Ar rfc5424
+are used to generate RFC 5424 log messages,
+having RFC 3339 timestamps with microsecond precision.
+The default is to generate RFC 3164 log messages.
 .It Fl o
 Prefix kernel messages with the full kernel boot file as determined by
 .Xr getbootfile 3 .