[Bug 2049] Clarify ntpdate's -d option behavior

bk: 52e76e36gcU5aFoYqftIDoRTYsPqtg

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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   In ntpd/complete.conf.in, add all eight kinds to statistics.
   In html/comdex.html, remove duplicate footer.
 * [Bug 1734] Include man page for ntp.conf (fixed in 4.2.7p297).
+* [Bug 2049] Clarify ntpdate's -d option behavior.
 * [Bug 2545] Cleanup of scripts/monitoring/ntptrap.
 (4.2.7p413) 2014/01/27 Released by Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.org>
 * Require a version string for perl scripts that use autogen.

diff --git a/html/ntpdate.html b/html/ntpdate.html
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@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   <dt><tt>-b</tt></dt>
   <dd>Force the time to be stepped using the settimeofday() system call, rather than slewed (default) using the adjtime() system call. This option should be used when called from a startup file at boot time.</dd>
   <dt><tt>-d</tt></dt>
-  <dd>Enable the debugging mode, in which <tt>ntpdate</tt> will go through all the steps, but not adjust the local clock. Information useful for general debugging will also be printed.</dd>
+  <dd>Enable the debugging mode, in which <tt>ntpdate</tt> will go through all the steps, but not adjust the local clock and using an unprivileged port. Information useful for general debugging will also be printed.</dd>
   <dt><tt>-e <i>authdelay</i></tt></dt>
   <dd>Specify the processing delay to perform an authentication function as the value <i>authdelay</i>, in seconds and fraction (see <tt>ntpd</tt> for details). This number is usually small enough to be negligible for most purposes, though specifying a value may improve timekeeping on very slow CPU's.</dd>
   <dt><tt>-k <i>keyfile</i></tt></dt>