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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man
index 6747ab40..f6d2c24d 100644
--- a/fetchmail.man
+++ b/fetchmail.man
@@ -179,17 +179,17 @@ Use POP3 with MD5 authentication.
.IP RPOP
Use POP3 with RPOP authentication.
.IP KPOP
-Use POP3 with Kerberos V4 authentication on port 1109.
+Use POP3 with Kerberos V4 preauthentication on port 1109.
.IP SDPS
Use POP3 with Demon Internet's SDPS extensions.
.IP IMAP
IMAP2bis, IMAP4, or IMAP4rev1 (\fIfetchmail\fR autodetects their capabilities).
.IP IMAP-K4
IMAP4, or IMAP4rev1 (\fIfetchmail\fR autodetects their capabilities)
-with RFC 1731 Kerberos v4 authentication.
+with RFC 1731 Kerberos v4 preauthentication.
.IP IMAP-GSS
IMAP4, or IMAP4rev1 (\fIfetchmail\fR autodetects their capabilities)
-with RFC 1731 GSSAPI authentication.
+with RFC 1731 GSSAPI preauthentication.
.IP ETRN
Use the ESMTP ETRN option.
.RE
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ mailserver is asked to ship mail to. Hosts are tried in list order;
the first one that is up becomes the forwarding or ETRN target for the
current run. Normally, `localhost' is added to the end of the list as
an invisible default. However, when using ETRN mode or Kerberos
-authentication, the FQDN of the machine running fetchmail is added to
+preauthentication, the FQDN of the machine running fetchmail is added to
the end of the list as an invisible default. Each hostname may have a
port number following the host name. The port number is separated from
the host name by a slash; the default port is 25 (or ``smtp'' under IPv6).
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ fetchmail runs with the effective GID set to that of the kmem group
.I only
when interface data is being collected.
.TP
-.B \-A, --auth
-(Keyword: auth[enticate])
+.B \-A, --preauth
+(Keyword: preauth[enticate])
This option permits you to specify a preauthentication type (see USER
AUTHENTICATION below for details). The possible values are
\&`\fBpassword\fR', `\fBkerberos_v5\fR' and `\fBkerberos\fR' (or, for