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Merge pull request #314 from sevan/patch-1 

passwd(5): Note the use of an ampersand in the comment field
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@ -136,9 +136,12 @@
(but the user may log in the system by other means).
</para>
<para>
The comment field is used by various system utilities, such as
The comment field, also known as the gecos field, is used by
various system utilities, such as
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>finger</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The use of an ampersand
here will be replaced by the capitalised login name when the field
is used or displayed by such system utilities.
</para>
<para>