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-rw-r--r--man3/fmemopen.37
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man3/fmemopen.3 b/man3/fmemopen.3
index 0205969a60..d7f255ab33 100644
--- a/man3/fmemopen.3
+++ b/man3/fmemopen.3
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ is the same as for
If
.I mode
specifies an append mode, then the initial file position is set to
-location of the first null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq) in the buffer;
+the location of the first null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq) in the buffer;
otherwise the initial file position is set to the start of the buffer.
-Since glibc 2.9, the letter 'b' may be specified as the second character in
+Since glibc 2.9,
+the letter 'b' may be specified as the second character in
.IR mode .
This provides "binary" mode:
-writes don't add a terminating null byte, and a
+writes don't implicitly add a terminating null byte, and a
.BR fseek (3)
.B SEEK_END
is relative to the end of the buffer (i.e., the value specified by the