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+.\" Original file was take from gzip, thus this man page is under GNU GPLv2+.
+.TH XZDIFF 1 "2009-04-13" "XZ Utils"
+.SH NAME
+xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff \- compare .xz and .lzma compressed files
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B xzcmp
+.RI [ cmp_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ]
+.br
+.B xzdiff
+.RI [ diff_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ]
+.br
+.B lzcmp
+.RI [ cmp_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ]
+.br
+.B lzdiff
+.RI [ diff_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B  xzcmp
+and
+.B xdiff
+are used to invoke the
+.BR cmp (1)
+or the
+.BR diff (1)
+program on compressed files.  All options specified are passed directly to
+.B cmp
+or
+.BR diff "."
+If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are
+.I file1
+(which must have .xz or .lzma suffix) and
+.I file1
+from which the .xz or .lzma suffix has been stripped.
+If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to
+.B cmp
+or
+.BR diff "."
+The exit status from
+.B cmp
+or
+.B diff
+is preserved.
+.SH AUTHORS
+This manual page was ripped from
+.BR zdiff (1)
+shipped in gzip package.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR cmp (1),
+.BR diff (1),
+.BR xzmore(1),
+.BR xzgrep(1),
+.BR xz (1)
+.SH BUGS
+Messages from the
+.B cmp
+or
+.B diff
+programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified.