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diff --git a/man/login.defs.d/TTYGROUP.xml b/man/login.defs.d/TTYGROUP.xml
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--- a/man/login.defs.d/TTYGROUP.xml
+++ b/man/login.defs.d/TTYGROUP.xml
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@
<option>TTYPERM</option>.
</para>
<para>
- By default, the ownership of the terminal is set to the user's
- primary group and the permissions are set to
- <replaceable>0600</replaceable>.
- </para>
- <para>
<option>TTYGROUP</option> can be either the name of a group or a
numeric group identifier.
</para>
<para>
+ If TTYGROUP is not defined, then the group ownership of the terminal is
+ set to the user's primary group. If TTYPERM is not defined, then the
+ permissions are set to
+ <replaceable>0600</replaceable>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
If you have a <command>write</command> program which is "setgid" to
a special group which owns the terminals, define TTYGROUP to the
group number and TTYPERM to 0620. Otherwise leave TTYGROUP