Avoid gendered language in man pages when not referring to a specific

person. Rewrite or use singular they.

ok thfr@ sthen@ daniel@ ian@ job@ kmos@ jcs@ ratchov@ phessler@ and
others I'm likely missing on an earlier version.
feedback tj@, feedback and ok jmc@

4 files changed, 17 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index 8c890e07b39..2a858891d5e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: mail.1,v 1.81 2021/03/08 02:47:28 jsg Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: mail.1,v 1.82 2022/02/18 23:17:15 jsg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)mail.1	8.8 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 8 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 18 2022 $
 .Dt MAIL 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -456,9 +456,9 @@ On return from the editor, the message is read back in.
 or
 .Ic x )
 Effects an immediate return to the shell without
-modifying the user's system mailbox, his
+modifying the user's system mailbox,
 .Ar mbox
-file, or his edit file in
+file, or edit file in
 .Fl f .
 .It Ic file
 .Pq Ic fi
@@ -581,16 +581,14 @@ and
 Takes a message list and types out each message on the user's terminal.
 .It Ic quit
 .Pq Ic q
-Terminates the session, saving all undeleted, unsaved messages in
-the user's
+Terminates the session, saving all undeleted, unsaved messages in the
 .Ar mbox
-file in his login directory, preserving all messages marked with
+file in the user's login directory, preserving all messages marked with
 .Ic hold
 or
 .Ic preserve
-or never referenced
-in his system mailbox, and removing all other messages from his system
-mailbox.
+or never referenced in the user's system mailbox,
+and removing all other messages from the user's system mailbox.
 If new mail has arrived during the session, the message
 .Dq Li "You have new mail"
 is given.
diff --git a/usr.bin/patch/patch.1 b/usr.bin/patch/patch.1
index af3dccb50d6..af12a7174e1 100644
--- a/usr.bin/patch/patch.1
+++ b/usr.bin/patch/patch.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: patch.1,v 1.34 2021/12/21 08:07:20 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: patch.1,v 1.35 2022/02/18 23:17:15 jsg Exp $
 .\" Copyright 1986, Larry Wall
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 21 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 18 2022 $
 .Dt PATCH 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ the number of lines of context in the context diff, ordinarily 3.
 .It Fl f , Fl Fl force
 Forces
 .Nm
-to assume that the user knows exactly what he or she is doing, and to not
+to assume that the user knows exactly what they are doing, and to not
 ask any questions.
 It assumes the following:
 skip patches for which a file to patch can't be found;
diff --git a/usr.bin/sndiod/sndiod.8 b/usr.bin/sndiod/sndiod.8
index d12fe7b62b7..b7a1d86f404 100644
--- a/usr.bin/sndiod/sndiod.8
+++ b/usr.bin/sndiod/sndiod.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: sndiod.8,v 1.14 2021/12/25 16:15:53 ratchov Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: sndiod.8,v 1.15 2022/02/18 23:17:16 jsg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2006-2012 Alexandre Ratchov <alex@caoua.org>
 .\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 25 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 18 2022 $
 .Dt SNDIOD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -595,4 +595,4 @@ Technically, this allows
 to attempt to use one of the sub-devices it exposes as an audio device,
 creating a deadlock.
 There's nothing to prevent the user
-from shooting himself in the foot by creating such a deadlock.
+from shooting themselves in the foot by creating such a deadlock.
diff --git a/usr.bin/top/top.1 b/usr.bin/top/top.1
index 68cf01ace6f..85a07d11a4e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/top/top.1
+++ b/usr.bin/top/top.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: top.1,v 1.79 2021/03/12 05:18:01 jsg Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: top.1,v 1.80 2022/02/18 23:17:16 jsg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997, Jason Downs.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 12 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 18 2022 $
 .Dt TOP 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ on an intelligent terminal is, in fact,
 The environment variable
 .Ev TOP
 is examined for options before the command line is scanned.
-This enables a user to set his or her own defaults.
+This enables users to set their own defaults.
 The number of processes to display
 can also be specified in the environment variable
 .Ev TOP .