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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/msgctl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/msgctl.2
index e6d8be987d4..dfacd93a7f8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/msgctl.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/msgctl.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: msgctl.2,v 1.8 1999/06/05 04:16:08 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: msgctl.2,v 1.9 1999/06/29 14:10:08 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: msgctl.2,v 1.2 1997/03/27 08:20:35 mikel Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Frank van der Linden
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The values are taken from the corresponding fields in the structure
pointed to by
.Fa buf .
This operation can only be executed by the super-user, or a process that
-has an effective user ID equal to either
+has an effective user ID equal to either
.Va msg_perm.cuid
or
.Va msg_perm.uid
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ The value of
.Va msg_qbytes
can only be increased by the super-user. Values for
.Va msg_qbytes
-that exceed the system limit (MSGMNB from
+that exceed the system limit
+.Pf ( Dv MSGMNB
+from
.Aq Pa sys/msg.h )
are silently truncated to that limit.
.Pp
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ are silently truncated to that limit.
Remove the message queue specified by
.Fa msqid
and destroy the data associated with it. Only the super-user or a process
-with an effective UID equal to the
+with an effective UID equal to the
.Va msg_perm.cuid
or
.Va msg_perm.uid
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ effective GID can match either
or
.Va msg_perm.gid .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is
+Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, \-1 is
returned and the global variable
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.