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diff --git a/sys/man/8/kbdfs b/sys/man/8/kbdfs
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--- a/sys/man/8/kbdfs
+++ b/sys/man/8/kbdfs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ and its
 .BR kbin
 and
 .BR kbdin
-file and optionaly reads console input from
+file and optionally reads console input from
 .I consfile
 to provide initial keyboard and console input.
 .PP
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ on the
 file instead. The
 .B c
 message will be resent at the keyboard repeat rate.
-Each
+A single
 .IR read (2)
-will return a single message or block until there are new messages
-available. Opening the
+can return multiple concatenated messages at once (delimited by the null byte)
+or block when there are no messages queued. Opening the
 .BR kbd
 file disables input processing on the
 .BR cons
@@ -259,3 +259,6 @@ to represent a control character.
 .B /sys/lib/kbmap/*
 .SH SOURCE
 .B /sys/src/cmd/aux/kbdfs
+.SH HISTORY
+.I Kbdfs
+first appeared in 9front (May, 2011).