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diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index 229d5c6e10..516dbd58af 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ then the SYNOPSIS should indicate this, as described in .TP .B CONFIGURATION Configuration details for a device. -This section normally only appears in Section 4 pages. +This section normally appears only in Section 4 pages. .TP .B DESCRIPTION gives an explanation of what the program, function, or format does. @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ section. .B OPTIONS describes the command-line options accepted by a program and how they change its behavior. -This section should only appear for Section 1 and 8 manual pages. +This section should appear only for Section 1 and 8 manual pages. .\" .TP .\" .B USAGE .\" describes the grammar of any sublanguage this implements. @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ This section should only appear for Section 1 and 8 manual pages. .B EXIT STATUS lists the possible exit status values of a program and the conditions that cause these values to be returned. -This section should only appear for Section 1 and 8 manual pages. +This section should appear only for Section 1 and 8 manual pages. .TP .B RETURN VALUE For Section 2 and 3 pages, this section gives a @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ many existing manual pages don't include this information (since there was no policy to do so when they were written). Patches to remedy this are welcome, but, from the perspective of programmers writing new code, -this information probably only matters in the case of kernel +this information probably matters only in the case of kernel interfaces that have been added in Linux 2.4 or later (i.e., changes since kernel 2.2), and library functions that have been added to glibc since version 2.1 @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ However, note the following: Example programs should be written in C. .TP * -An example program is only necessary and useful if it demonstrates +An example program is necessary and useful only if it demonstrates something beyond what can easily be provided in a textual description of the interface. An example program that does nothing |