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-rw-r--r--man3/addseverity.32
-rw-r--r--man3/cacosh.32
-rw-r--r--man3/csqrt.32
-rw-r--r--man3/fputws.32
-rw-r--r--man3/sysconf.32
-rw-r--r--man3/tgamma.32
-rw-r--r--man3/ulimit.32
7 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man3/addseverity.3 b/man3/addseverity.3
index 2108594e0e..cc8a5fc072 100644
--- a/man3/addseverity.3
+++ b/man3/addseverity.3
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ is NULL, the severity class with the numeric value
is removed.
It is not possible to overwrite or remove one of the default
severity classes.
-The severity value must be nonnegative.
+The severity value must be non-negative.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Upon success, the value
.B MM_OK
diff --git a/man3/cacosh.3 b/man3/cacosh.3
index 318c629179..1bbeee692a 100644
--- a/man3/cacosh.3
+++ b/man3/cacosh.3
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The
function calculates the complex acosh().
If y = cacosh(z), then z = ccosh(y).
The imaginary part of y is chosen in the interval [\-pi,pi].
-The real part of y is chosen nonnegative.
+The real part of y is chosen non-negative.
.LP
One has cacosh(z) = (0.5)*clog((1+z)/(1\-z)).
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
diff --git a/man3/csqrt.3 b/man3/csqrt.3
index 60291318b5..ca3a0a91e5 100644
--- a/man3/csqrt.3
+++ b/man3/csqrt.3
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ csqrt, csqrtf, csqrtl \- complex square root
Link with \-lm.
.SH DESCRIPTION
Calculate the square root of a given complex number,
-with nonnegative real part, and
+with non-negative real part, and
with a branch cut along the negative real axis.
(That means that csqrt(\-1+eps*I) will be close to I while
csqrt(\-1\-eps*I) will be close to \-I, if eps is a small positive
diff --git a/man3/fputws.3 b/man3/fputws.3
index cadf4912f2..0e55dee751 100644
--- a/man3/fputws.3
+++ b/man3/fputws.3
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ For a non-locking counterpart, see
.BR unlocked_stdio (3).
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
The \fBfputws\fP() function returns a
-nonnegative integer if the operation was
+non-negative integer if the operation was
successful, or \-1 to indicate an error.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
diff --git a/man3/sysconf.3 b/man3/sysconf.3
index 38fd96c0c7..12fe6e8be4 100644
--- a/man3/sysconf.3
+++ b/man3/sysconf.3
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ First, the POSIX.1 compatible values.
.\" (if _POSIX_ASYNCHRONOUS_IO)
.\" The maximum amount by which a process can decrease its
.\" asynchronous I/O priority level from its own scheduling priority.
-.\" Must be nonnegative.
+.\" Must be non-negative.
.TP
.BR ARG_MAX " - " _SC_ARG_MAX
The maximum length of the arguments to the
diff --git a/man3/tgamma.3 b/man3/tgamma.3
index a7ff222c94..d3fa936218 100644
--- a/man3/tgamma.3
+++ b/man3/tgamma.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The Gamma function is defined by
Gamma(x) = integral from 0 to infinity of t^(x\-1) e^\-t dt
.sp
It is defined for every real number except for non-positive integers.
-For nonnegative integral \fIm\fP one has
+For non-negative integral \fIm\fP one has
.sp
Gamma(m+1) = m!
.sp
diff --git a/man3/ulimit.3 b/man3/ulimit.3
index cda3f09fcc..9395d0faa2 100644
--- a/man3/ulimit.3
+++ b/man3/ulimit.3
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Return the maximum number of files that the calling process can open.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success,
.BR ulimit ()
-returns a nonnegative value.
+returns a non-negative value.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set appropriately.