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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/dirfd.32
-rw-r--r--man3/drand48.34
-rw-r--r--man3/fputws.32
-rw-r--r--man3/mq_send.32
-rw-r--r--man3/posix_openpt.32
-rw-r--r--man3/puts.32
-rw-r--r--man3/sched_getcpu.32
-rw-r--r--man3/shm_open.32
-rw-r--r--man3/sqrt.32
-rw-r--r--man3/sysconf.32
-rw-r--r--man3/tgamma.32
-rw-r--r--man3/ulimit.32
15 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/man3/addseverity.3 b/man3/addseverity.3
index 803eff4325..d51b160106 100644
--- a/man3/addseverity.3
+++ b/man3/addseverity.3
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ 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 non-negative.
+The severity value must be nonnegative.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Upon success, the value
.B MM_OK
diff --git a/man3/cacosh.3 b/man3/cacosh.3
index be5f657143..7bf60c995c 100644
--- a/man3/cacosh.3
+++ b/man3/cacosh.3
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The imaginary part of
is chosen in the interval [\-pi,pi].
The real part of
.I y
-is chosen non-negative.
+is chosen nonnegative.
.LP
One has:
.nf
diff --git a/man3/csqrt.3 b/man3/csqrt.3
index f831580588..22655f3e7c 100644
--- a/man3/csqrt.3
+++ b/man3/csqrt.3
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ csqrt, csqrtf, csqrtl \- complex square root
Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
Calculate the square root of a given complex number,
-with non-negative real part, and
+with nonnegative real part, and
with a branch cut along the negative real axis.
(That means that \fIcsqrt(\-1+eps*I)\fP will be close to I while
\fIcsqrt(\-1\-eps*I)\fP will be close to \-I, \fIif eps\fP is a small positive
diff --git a/man3/dirfd.3 b/man3/dirfd.3
index ffbbaa954c..8b4971e956 100644
--- a/man3/dirfd.3
+++ b/man3/dirfd.3
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ It will be automatically closed when
.BR closedir (3)
is called.
.SH RETURN VALUE
-On success, a non-negative file descriptor is returned.
+On success, a nonnegative file descriptor is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned.
.SH ERRORS
POSIX.1-2008 specifies two errors,
diff --git a/man3/drand48.3 b/man3/drand48.3
index 82a6348207..5242fb340f 100644
--- a/man3/drand48.3
+++ b/man3/drand48.3
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The
.BR drand48 ()
and
.BR erand48 ()
-functions return non-negative
+functions return nonnegative
double-precision floating-point values uniformly distributed between
[0.0, 1.0).
.PP
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The
.BR lrand48 ()
and
.BR nrand48 ()
-functions return non-negative
+functions return nonnegative
long integers uniformly distributed between 0 and 2^31.
.PP
The
diff --git a/man3/fputws.3 b/man3/fputws.3
index 952567ae07..7a3c9fd5ef 100644
--- a/man3/fputws.3
+++ b/man3/fputws.3
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ For a non-locking counterpart, see
The
.BR fputws ()
function returns a
-non-negative integer if the operation was
+nonnegative integer if the operation was
successful, or \-1 to indicate an error.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
diff --git a/man3/mq_send.3 b/man3/mq_send.3
index 3271d88236..97e8bec435 100644
--- a/man3/mq_send.3
+++ b/man3/mq_send.3
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Zero-length messages are allowed.
The
.I msg_prio
-argument is a non-negative integer that specifies the priority
+argument is a nonnegative integer that specifies the priority
of this message.
Messages are placed on the queue in decreasing order of priority,
with newer messages of the same priority being placed after
diff --git a/man3/posix_openpt.3 b/man3/posix_openpt.3
index 48a1ad0f11..862d688d8e 100644
--- a/man3/posix_openpt.3
+++ b/man3/posix_openpt.3
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Do not make this device the controlling terminal for the process.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success,
.BR posix_openpt ()
-returns a non-negative file descriptor which is the lowest
+returns a nonnegative file descriptor which is the lowest
numbered unused descriptor.
On failure, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
diff --git a/man3/puts.3 b/man3/puts.3
index a2f934235d..fd555e4791 100644
--- a/man3/puts.3
+++ b/man3/puts.3
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ on error.
.BR puts ()
and
.BR fputs ()
-return a non-negative number on success, or
+return a nonnegative number on success, or
.B EOF
on error.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
diff --git a/man3/sched_getcpu.3 b/man3/sched_getcpu.3
index 270d48d37b..12a42a13d7 100644
--- a/man3/sched_getcpu.3
+++ b/man3/sched_getcpu.3
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ returns the number of the CPU on which the calling thread is currently executing
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
.BR sched_getcpu ()
-returns a non-negative CPU number.
+returns a nonnegative CPU number.
On error, \-1 is returned and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
diff --git a/man3/shm_open.3 b/man3/shm_open.3
index c64c2a102b..0c87c3dd02 100644
--- a/man3/shm_open.3
+++ b/man3/shm_open.3
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ was specified, in which case a new, distinct object is created).
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success,
.BR shm_open ()
-returns a non-negative file descriptor.
+returns a nonnegative file descriptor.
On failure,
.BR shm_open ()
returns \-1.
diff --git a/man3/sqrt.3 b/man3/sqrt.3
index bb4a0a08db..95723c8c2f 100644
--- a/man3/sqrt.3
+++ b/man3/sqrt.3
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR sqrt ()
-function returns the non-negative square root of \fIx\fP.
+function returns the nonnegative square root of \fIx\fP.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success, these functions return the square root of
.IR x .
diff --git a/man3/sysconf.3 b/man3/sysconf.3
index 690f904761..f2ba8df0a0 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 non-negative.
+.\" Must be nonnegative.
.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 09c96d7ba1..34040dbf22 100644
--- a/man3/tgamma.3
+++ b/man3/tgamma.3
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ 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 non-negative integral \fIm\fP one has
+For nonnegative integral \fIm\fP one has
.sp
Gamma(m+1) = m!
.sp
diff --git a/man3/ulimit.3 b/man3/ulimit.3
index d39633aa4a..d979b7ccf7 100644
--- a/man3/ulimit.3
+++ b/man3/ulimit.3
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Return the maximum number of files that the calling process can open.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success,
.BR ulimit ()
-returns a non-negative value.
+returns a nonnegative value.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set appropriately.