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diff --git a/share/man/man7/mdoc.7 b/share/man/man7/mdoc.7 index 845c7e1710c..2f5a0627763 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/mdoc.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/mdoc.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.7,v 1.107 2014/01/24 22:54:30 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.7,v 1.108 2014/02/16 14:26:51 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: January 24 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 16 2014 $ .Dt MDOC 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ file for a utility \&.Nm progname \&.Nd one line about what it does \&.\e\(dq .Sh LIBRARY -\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. +\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 only. \&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD. \&.Sh SYNOPSIS \&.Nm progname @@ -138,17 +138,17 @@ utility processes files ... \&.\e\(dq .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES \&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD. \&.\e\(dq .Sh RETURN VALUES -\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. +\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 function return values only. \&.\e\(dq .Sh ENVIRONMENT -\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only. +\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, 7, and 8 only. \&.\e\(dq .Sh FILES \&.\e\(dq .Sh EXIT STATUS -\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, & 8 only. +\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, and 8 only. \&.\e\(dq .Sh EXAMPLES \&.\e\(dq .Sh DIAGNOSTICS -\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only. +\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 printf/stderr messages only. \&.\e\(dq .Sh ERRORS -\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. +\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 errno settings only. \&.\e\(dq .Sh SEE ALSO \&.\e\(dq .Xr foobar 1 \&.\e\(dq .Sh STANDARDS @@ -358,8 +358,12 @@ Example usages. This often contains snippets of well-formed, well-tested invocations. Make sure that examples work properly! .It Em DIAGNOSTICS -Documents error conditions. -This is most useful in section 4 manuals. +Documents error messages. +In section 4 and 9 manuals, these are usually messages printed by the +kernel to the console and to the kernel log. +In section 1, 6, 7, and 8, these are usually messages printed by +userland programs to the standard error output. +.Pp Historically, this section was used in place of .Em EXIT STATUS for manuals in sections 1, 6, and 8; however, this practise is @@ -369,7 +373,9 @@ See .Sx \&Bl .Fl diag . .It Em ERRORS -Documents error handling in sections 2, 3, and 9. +Documents +.Xr errno 2 +settings in sections 2, 3, 4, and 9. .Pp See .Sx \&Er . |