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diff --git a/man2/intro.2 b/man2/intro.2 index 520175002c..1aeea52081 100644 --- a/man2/intro.2 +++ b/man2/intro.2 @@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ create one, especially for C++ users. System calls are not required to return only positive or negative error codes. You need to read the source to be sure how it will return errors. -Usually, it is the negative of a standard error code, e.g., \-\fBEPERM\fP. +Usually, it is the negative of a standard error code, +for example, \-\fBEPERM\fP. The _syscall() macros will return the result \fIr\fP of the system call when \fIr\fP is non-negative, but will return \-1 and set the variable .I errno |