@vidister this patch right here is one reason I like the distribution which patches it in to the manual!!

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/shadow/-/blob/master/debian/patches/505_useradd_recommend_adduser

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¹: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=406046#22 - the discussion from 2007 where someone decided to make the docs suck less

²: https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/passwd/useradd.8.en.html#DESCRIPTION - the simple addition to the manual right at the top where it's the first thing readers should see