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.\" OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html
.\" ISO/IEC 9899:1999
.\"
-.TH WCSTOMBS 3 2011-09-08 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH WCSTOMBS 3 2011-09-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
wcstombs \- convert a wide-character string to a multibyte string
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ In this case the number of bytes written to
\fIdest\fP is returned, but the shift state at this point is lost.
.PP
3. The wide-character string has been completely converted, including the
-terminating L\(aq\\0\(aq.
+terminating null wide character (L\(aq\\0\(aq).
In this case the conversion ends in the initial state.
The number of bytes written to \fIdest\fP,
-excluding the terminating \(aq\\0\(aq byte, is returned.
+excluding the terminating null, is returned.
.PP
The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least \fIn\fP bytes
at \fIdest\fP.