diff --git a/usr.bin/wc/wc.1 b/usr.bin/wc/wc.1
index d5284dcea8a3..d7db4b7a9ac2 100644
--- a/usr.bin/wc/wc.1
+++ b/usr.bin/wc/wc.1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)wc.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 13, 2002
+.Dd February 23, 2005
 .Dt WC 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -50,11 +50,17 @@ The
 .Nm
 utility displays the number of lines, words, and bytes contained in each
 input
-.Ar file
-(or standard input, by default) to the standard output.
-A line is defined as a string of characters delimited by a <newline>
-character,
-and a word is defined as a string of characters delimited by white space
+.Ar file ,
+or standard input (if no file is specified) to the standard output.
+A line is defined as a string of characters delimited by a
+.Aq newline
+character.
+Characters beyond the final
+.Aq newline
+character will not be included
+in the line count.
+.Pp
+A word is defined as a string of characters delimited by white space
 characters.
 White space characters are the set of characters for which the
 .Xr iswspace 3
@@ -68,6 +74,9 @@ The following options are available:
 .It Fl c
 The number of bytes in each input file
 is written to the standard output.
+This will cancel out any prior usage of the
+.Fl w
+option.
 .It Fl l
 The number of lines in each input file
 is written to the standard output.
@@ -77,6 +86,9 @@ If the current locale does not support multibyte characters, this
 is equivalent to the
 .Fl c
 option.
+This will cancel out any prior usage of the
+.Fl c
+option.
 .It Fl w
 The number of words in each input file
 is written to the standard output.
@@ -85,6 +97,8 @@ is written to the standard output.
 When an option is specified,
 .Nm
 only reports the information requested by that option.
+The order of output always takes the form of line, word,
+byte, and file name.
 The default action is equivalent to specifying the
 .Fl c , l
 and
@@ -93,6 +107,9 @@ options.
 .Pp
 If no files are specified, the standard input is used and no
 file name is displayed.
+The prompt will accept input until receiving EOF, or
+.Bq ^D
+in most environments.
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 The
 .Ev LANG , LC_ALL