diff --git a/man7/hostname.7 b/man7/hostname.7
index 9fc606c48..896f4e9ca 100644
--- a/man7/hostname.7
+++ b/man7/hostname.7
@@ -34,17 +34,13 @@
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-.TH HOSTNAME 7 2008-06-11 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH HOSTNAME 7 2010-11-07 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 hostname \- hostname resolution description
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Hostnames are domains, where a domain is a hierarchical, dot-separated
 list of subdomains; for example, the machine monet, in the Berkeley
-subdomain of the EDU subdomain of the Internet would be represented as
-
-    monet.Berkeley.EDU
-
-(with no trailing dot).
+subdomain of the EDU domain would be represented as "monet.Berkeley.EDU".
 
 Hostnames are often used with network client and server programs,
 which must generally translate the name to an address for use.