diff --git a/bin/sleep/sleep.1 b/bin/sleep/sleep.1
index 3ce82936a0e7..85086acec5ad 100644
--- a/bin/sleep/sleep.1
+++ b/bin/sleep/sleep.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)sleep.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 31, 2020
+.Dd May 24, 2022
 .Dt SLEEP 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -40,21 +40,21 @@
 .Nd suspend execution for an interval of time
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Ar number[unit]
+.Ar number[unit] ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-command
-suspends execution for a minimum of
+command suspends execution for a minimum of
 .Ar number
 seconds (the default, or unit
 .Ar s ) ,
-or minutes (unit
+minutes (unit
 .Ar m ) ,
 hours (unit
 .Ar h ) ,
 or days (unit
 .Ar d ) .
+If multiple arguments are passed, the delay will be the sum of all values.
 .Pp
 If the
 .Nm
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ The
 .Nm
 command allows and honors a non-integer number of seconds to sleep
 in any form acceptable by
-.Xr strtod 3 .
-This is a non-portable extension, but is also implemented in GNU sh-utils
-since version 2.0a (released in 2002).
+.Xr strtod 3 and it accepts more than one delay value.
+These are non-portable extensions, but they have also been implemented
+in GNU sh-utils since version 2.0a (released in 2002).
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Ex -std
 .Sh EXAMPLES
diff --git a/bin/sleep/sleep.c b/bin/sleep/sleep.c
index 8f383e43c479..55e0aba9871a 100644
--- a/bin/sleep/sleep.c
+++ b/bin/sleep/sleep.c
@@ -64,34 +64,48 @@ int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct timespec time_to_sleep;
-	double d;
+	double d, seconds;
 	time_t original;
 	char unit;
 	char buf[2];
+	int i, matches;
 
 	if (caph_limit_stdio() < 0 || caph_enter() < 0)
 		err(1, "capsicum");
 
-	if (argc != 2)
+	if (argc < 2)
 		usage();
 
-	if (sscanf(argv[1], "%lf%c%1s", &d, &unit, buf) == 2)
-		switch(unit) {
-			case 'd': d *= 24;
-			case 'h': d *= 60;
-			case 'm': d *= 60;
-			case 's': break;
-			default:  usage();
-		}
-	else
-		if (sscanf(argv[1], "%lf%1s", &d, buf) != 1)
-			usage();
-	if (d > INT_MAX)
+	seconds = 0;
+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		matches = sscanf(argv[i], "%lf%c%1s", &d, &unit, buf);
+		if (matches == 2)
+			switch(unit) {
+			case 'd':
+				d *= 24;
+				/* FALLTHROUGH */
+			case 'h':
+				d *= 60;
+				/* FALLTHROUGH */
+			case 'm':
+				d *= 60;
+				/* FALLTHROUGH */
+			case 's':
+				break;
+			default:
+				usage();
+			}
+		else
+			if (matches != 1)
+				usage();
+		seconds += d;
+	}
+	if (seconds > INT_MAX)
 		usage();
-	if (d <= 0)
+	if (seconds <= 0)
 		return (0);
-	original = time_to_sleep.tv_sec = (time_t)d;
-	time_to_sleep.tv_nsec = 1e9 * (d - time_to_sleep.tv_sec);
+	original = time_to_sleep.tv_sec = (time_t)seconds;
+	time_to_sleep.tv_nsec = 1e9 * (seconds - time_to_sleep.tv_sec);
 
 	signal(SIGINFO, report_request);
 
@@ -116,7 +130,7 @@ static void
 usage(void)
 {
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "usage: sleep number[unit]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "usage: sleep number[unit] ...\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "Unit can be 's' (seconds, the default), "
 			"m (minutes), h (hours), or d (days).\n");
 	exit(1);