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diff --git a/lib/libc/net/getservent.3 b/lib/libc/net/getservent.3
index 477d34249d3..3ef95fb817a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/getservent.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/getservent.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: getservent.3,v 1.7 1999/07/04 18:59:43 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: getservent.3,v 1.8 1999/07/05 04:40:59 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The members of this structure are:
.It Fa s_name
The official name of the service.
.It Fa s_aliases
-A zero terminated list of alternate names for the service.
+A zero-terminated list of alternate names for the service.
.It Fa s_port
The port number at which the service resides.
Port numbers are returned in network byte order.
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function
opens and rewinds the file. If the
.Fa stayopen
flag is non-zero,
-the net data base will not be closed after each call to
+the net data base will not be closed after each call to
.Fn getservbyname
or
.Fn getservbyport .
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ port number (specified in network byte order) is found,
or until
.Dv EOF
is encountered.
-If a protocol name is also supplied (non-
-.Dv NULL ) ,
+If a protocol name is also supplied (non-null),
searches must also match the protocol.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact
@@ -144,11 +143,10 @@ The
.Fn setservent ,
and
.Fn endservent
-functions appeared in
+functions appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
.Sh BUGS
These functions use static data storage;
if the data is needed for future use, it should be
copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.
-Expecting port numbers to fit in a 32 bit
-quantity is probably naive.
+Expecting port numbers to fit in a 32-bit quantity is probably naive.