--- sysvinit-2.86/man/halt.8.foo	2005-12-20 15:14:35.000000000 -0500
+++ sysvinit-2.86/man/halt.8	2005-12-20 15:15:44.000000000 -0500
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
 .\"{{{  Diagnostics
 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 If you're not the superuser, you will get the message `must be superuser'.
+Users logged in locally on the console can call \fBhalt\fP,
+\fBreboot\fP, and \fBpoweroff\fP without supplying the root password,
+due to pam_console (8).
 .\"}}}
 .\"{{{  Notes
 .SH NOTES
@@ -98,5 +101,6 @@
 .\"{{{  See also
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR shutdown (8),
-.BR init (8)
+.BR init (8),
+.BR pam_console (8)
 .\"}}}
--- sysvinit-2.86/man/halt.8.haltman	2001-11-21 16:11:22.000000000 -0500
+++ sysvinit-2.86/man/halt.8	2006-03-17 12:26:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
 .\"{{{  Options
 .SH OPTIONS
 .IP \fB\-n\fP
-Don't sync before reboot or halt.
+Don't sync before reboot or halt. Note that the kernel and storage
+drivers may still sync.
 .IP \fB\-w\fP
 Don't actually reboot or halt but only write the wtmp record
 (in the \fI/var/log/wtmp\fP file).