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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3 b/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3
index 0dca816732b..a8fa5afda3f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/ttyname.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ttyname.3,v 1.11 2000/04/18 03:01:28 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ttyname.3,v 1.12 2000/12/24 00:30:52 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ in the initialization file
.Pp
The
.Fn isatty
-function
-determines if the file descriptor
+function determines if the file descriptor
.Fa fd
refers to a valid
terminal type device.
@@ -78,9 +77,7 @@ The
.Fn ttyname
and
.Fn ttyname_r
-functions
-get the related device name of
-a file descriptor for which
+functions get the related device name of a file descriptor for which
.Fn isatty
is true.
The
@@ -100,8 +97,7 @@ The maximum length of the terminal name is
.Pp
The
.Fn ttyslot
-function
-fetches the current process's control terminal number from the
+function fetches the current process's control terminal number from the
.Xr ttys 5
file entry.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
@@ -109,8 +105,7 @@ The
.Fn ttyname
and
.Fn ttyname_r
-functions return the null-terminated
-name if the device is found and
+functions return the null-terminated name if the device is found and
.Fn isatty
is true; otherwise
a null pointer is returned and
@@ -127,8 +122,7 @@ is set to indicate the error.
.Pp
The
.Fn ttyslot
-function
-returns the unit number of the device file if found; otherwise
+function returns the unit number of the device file if found; otherwise
the value zero is returned.
.Sh ERRORS
The
@@ -166,8 +160,7 @@ The
.Fn ttyname ,
and
.Fn ttyslot
-functions
-appeared in
+functions appeared in
.At v7 .
The
.Fn ttyname_r