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 .TH VIMDIFF 1 "2001 March 30"
 .SH NAME
-vimdiff \- edit two, three or four versions of a file with Vim and show differences
+vimdiff \- edit between two and eight versions of a file with Vim and show differences
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .br
 .B vimdiff
-[options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4]]
+[options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4 [file5 [file6 [file7 [file8]]]]]]
 .PP
 .B gvimdiff
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Vimdiff
 starts
 .B Vim
-on two (or three or four) files.
+on two up to eight files.
 Each file gets its own window.
 The differences between the files are highlighted.
 This is a nice way to inspect changes and to move changes from one version