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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000
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mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language.
Stop calling system calls "function calls". Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility". When referring to a non-BSD implementation in the HISTORY section, call syscall a function, to be safe.
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2 b/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2
index 0793374..e864a78 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn _exit
-function
+system call
terminates a process with the following consequences:
.Bl -bullet
.It
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ before
calling
.Fn _exit .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
.Fn _exit
+system call
can never return.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fork 2 ,
@@ -113,10 +115,10 @@ can never return.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn _exit
-function call is expected to conform to
+system call is expected to conform to
.St -p1003.1-90 .
.Sh HISTORY
-An
+The
.Fn _exit
-function call appeared in
+function appeared in
.At v7 .
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