repairs; better English, formatting, etc.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/net/ethers.3 b/lib/libc/net/ethers.3
index 74d153fce61..39968f3e65e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/ethers.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/ethers.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ethers.3,v 1.10 1999/03/18 11:09:15 aaron Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ethers.3,v 1.11 1999/07/05 04:40:59 aaron Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Written by roland@frob.com.  Public domain.
 .\"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .Ft int
 .Fn ether_line "char *l" "struct ether_addr *e" "char *hostname"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-Ethernet addresses are represented by the 
+Ethernet addresses are represented by the
 following structure:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 struct ether_addr {
@@ -36,13 +36,18 @@ struct ether_addr {
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn ether_ntoa
-function converts this structure into an ASCII string of the form
-``xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'', consisting of 6 hexadecimal numbers separated
+function converts this structure into an
+.Tn ASCII
+string of the form
+.Dq xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ,
+consisting of 6 hexadecimal numbers separated
 by colons.  It returns a pointer to a static buffer that is reused for
 each call.
 The
 .Fn ether_aton
-converts an ASCII string of the same form and to a structure
+converts an
+.Tn ASCII
+string of the same form and to a structure
 containing the 6 octets of the address.  It returns a pointer to a
 static structure that is reused for each call.
 .Pp
@@ -57,17 +62,19 @@ The
 .Fn ether_ntohost
 function looks up the given Ethernet address and writes the associated
 host name into the character buffer passed.  This buffer should be
-.Ev MAXHOSTNAMELEN
+.Dv MAXHOSTNAMELEN
 characters in size.
 The
 .Fn ether_hostton
 function looks up the given host name and writes the associated
 Ethernet address into the structure passed.  Both functions return
-zero if they find the requested host name or address, and -1 if not.
+zero if they find the requested host name or address, and \-1 if not.
 .Pp
 Each call reads
-.Pa /etc/ethers 
-from the beginning; if a + appears alone on a line in the file, then
+.Pa /etc/ethers
+from the beginning; if a
+.Ql +
+appears alone on a line in the file, then
 .Fn ether_hostton
 will consult the
 .Pa ethers.byname
@@ -81,11 +88,12 @@ The
 .Fn ether_line
 function parses a line from the
 .Pa /etc/ethers
-file and fills in the passed ``struct ether_addr'' and character
-buffer with the Ethernet address and host name on the line.  It
-returns zero if the line was successfully parsed and -1 if not.
+file and fills in the passed
+.Li struct ether_addr
+and character buffer with the Ethernet address and host name on the line.  It
+returns zero if the line was successfully parsed and \-1 if not.
 The character buffer should be
-.Ev MAXHOSTNAMELEN
+.Dv MAXHOSTNAMELEN
 characters in size.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /etc/ethers -compact