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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/whois/whois.1,v
retrieving revision 1.40
retrieving revision 1.41
diff -u -r1.40 -r1.41
--- src/usr.bin/whois/whois.1	2024/03/16 02:00:31	1.40
+++ src/usr.bin/whois/whois.1	2024/03/24 19:51:47	1.41
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: whois.1,v 1.40 2024/03/16 02:00:31 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: whois.1,v 1.41 2024/03/24 19:51:47 millert Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: whois.1,v 1.5 1995/08/31 21:51:32 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1990, 1993
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)whois.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 6/20/94
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 16 2024 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 24 2024 $
 .Dt WHOIS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -224,28 +224,6 @@
 operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use
 the special name
 .Dq help .
-.Ss Special cases
-Queries beginning with an exclamation point
-.Ql \&!
-are assumed to be
-.Tn NSI
-contact handles.
-Unless a host or domain is specified on the command line,
-.Pq whois.networksolutions.com
-will be used as the
-.Nm
-database.
-.Pp
-Similarly, queries beginning with
-.Dq COCO-
-are assumed to be
-.Tn CORE
-contact handles.
-Unless a host or domain is specified on the command line,
-.Pq whois.corenic.net
-will be used as the
-.Nm
-database.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Most types of data, such as domain names and
 .Tn IP