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diff --git a/doc/open.n b/doc/open.n
index 02db2de..76d0b1c 100644
--- a/doc/open.n
+++ b/doc/open.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: open.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:54 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: open.n,v 1.3 1999/04/15 22:38:46 stanton Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH open n 7.6 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ no interactions between command pipelines and the console.
.TP
\fBMacintosh\fR
.
-Opening a serial port is not currently implemented under Macintosh.
+Access to the serial port is not accomplished through magic cookies passed
+to the \fIopen\fR command on the Macintosh. Instead, you can use Sean Wood's
+(yoda@drexel.edu) \fIDevice\fR extension for the same purpose.
.sp
Opening a command pipeline is not supported under Macintosh, since
applications do not support the concept of standard input or output.