Explicitly state that priority values outside the range -20 to 20 are

truncated to the appropriate limit.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/nice.3 b/lib/libc/gen/nice.3
index 41bfa6e979f..7082b9e997c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/nice.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/nice.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: nice.3,v 1.12 2002/06/03 22:32:04 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: nice.3,v 1.13 2003/05/19 19:37:28 millert Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ to the scheduling priority of the invoking process.
 .Fa incr
 is an integer such that the resulting scheduling priority
 is within the range \-20 to 20.
+Priority values outside this range are truncated to the appropriate limit.
 The default priority is 0; lower priorities cause more favorable scheduling.
 Only the superuser may lower priorities.
 .Pp
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2
index b840d35b1c0..0382dba49b0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getpriority.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: getpriority.2,v 1.7 2000/10/18 05:12:09 aaron Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: getpriority.2,v 1.8 2003/05/19 19:37:28 millert Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: getpriority.2,v 1.4 1995/02/27 12:33:15 cgd Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ A zero value of
 denotes the current process, process group, or user.
 .Fa prio
 is a value in the range \-20 to 20.
-The default priority is 0;
-lower priorities cause more favorable scheduling.
+The default priority is 0; lower priorities cause more favorable scheduling.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn getpriority
@@ -91,6 +90,8 @@ The
 .Fn setpriority
 call sets the priorities of all of the specified processes
 to the specified value.
+Priority values outside the range \-20 to 20 are truncated to the
+appropriate limit.
 Only the superuser may lower priorities.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Since