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-.Dd January 12, 2024
+.Dd January 14, 2024
 .Dt MLOG 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@
 .Op Fl f
 .Op Fl s
 .Op Fl u
+.Op Fl n Ar lines
 .Op Ar files\ ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 reads lines from multiple log files and prints them in chronological order.
-The files need to start with comparable timestamps.
+The lines in the files need to start with lexicographically comparable
+timestamps.
 .Nm
 prints the oldest line first, thus preserving relative order.
 .Pp
@@ -31,6 +33,11 @@ When the file is truncated or recreated, start from beginning.
 With two
 .Fl f
 flags, seek to the end of files on start and only print fresh lines.
+.It Fl n Ar N
+Only print the last
+.Ar N
+lines of each file
+.Pq default: all lines .
 .It Fl s
 Strip a prefix generated by
 .Xr socklog 8