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diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index 0e00666b9f..18ecf58548 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ Dates should be written in the form YYYY-MM-DD. .TP .I source The source of the command, function, or system call. -.sp + For those few \fIman-pages\fP pages in Sections 1 and 8, probably you just want to write .IR GNU . -.sp + For system calls, just write .IR "Linux" . (An earlier practice was to write the version number @@ -136,15 +136,15 @@ of the kernel from which the manual page was being written/checked. However, this was never done consistently, and so was probably worse than including no version number. Henceforth, avoid including a version number.) -.sp + For library calls that are part of glibc or one of the other common GNU libraries, just use .IR "GNU C Library" ", " GNU , or an empty string. -.sp + For Section 4 pages, use .IR "Linux" . -.sp + In cases of doubt, just write .IR Linux ", or " GNU . .TP |