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diff --git a/man7/signal.7 b/man7/signal.7 index bb38c75143..bc1e72ecb7 100644 --- a/man7/signal.7 +++ b/man7/signal.7 @@ -441,11 +441,8 @@ signals; see for further details. .SS "Async-signal-safe functions" .PP -A signal handling routine established by -.BR sigaction (2) -or -.BR signal (2) -must be very careful, since processing elsewhere may be interrupted +A signal handler function must be very careful, +since processing elsewhere may be interrupted at some arbitrary point in the execution of the program. POSIX has the concept of "safe function". If a signal interrupts the execution of an unsafe function, and |