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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-05-13 13:37:45 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-05-13 13:37:45 +0200
commitcd41e08cbfdb6d0b19b6fc99245dd4155d83b695 (patch)
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prctl.2: Soften Dave Martin's warning about the use of prctl()
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man2/prctl.26
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index 7e78fc3c11..4e2d673453 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ prctl \- operations on a process or thread
manipulates various aspects of the behavior
of the calling thread or process.
.PP
-Note that careless use of
+Note that careless use of some
.BR prctl ()
-can confuse the user-space run-time environment,
-so these operations should be used with care (if at all).
+operations can confuse the user-space run-time environment,
+so these operations should be used with care.
.PP
.BR prctl ()
is called with a first argument describing what to do