diff --git a/man/fairland.6 b/man/fairland.6
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--- a/man/fairland.6
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@@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ run quietly without printing anything to the terminal
 .BI \-R " seed"
 Use
 .I seed
-as seed for the pseudo-random number generator. This can be used to reproduce
-a previously created world. (by default the current time and process id of
-the server are used as seed.) The seed used to generate a world is printed
-along with the map.
+as seed for the pseudo-random number generator. T his can be used to
+reproduce a previously created world.  The seed used to generate a
+world is printed along with the map.
 .TP
 .BI \-s " scriptout"
 writes a script for placing capitol to the file