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| -rw-r--r-- | man3/malloc.3 | 6 |
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diff --git a/man3/malloc.3 b/man3/malloc.3 index 372b503c00..84d9852479 100644 --- a/man3/malloc.3 +++ b/man3/malloc.3 @@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ The .BR malloc () and .BR calloc () -functions return a pointer to the allocated memory -that is suitably aligned for any kind of variable. +functions return a pointer to the allocated memory, +which is suitably aligned for any built-in type. On error, these functions return NULL. NULL may also be returned by a successful call to .BR malloc () @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function returns no value. The .BR realloc () function returns a pointer to the newly allocated memory, which is suitably -aligned for any kind of variable and may be different from +aligned for any built-in type and may be different from .IR ptr , or NULL if the request fails. If |