Use a .Bl -tag list instead of plain .Pp paragraphs for describing the

macro arguments expected by SYSCALL_MODULE().

MFC after:	3 days

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man9/SYSCALL_MODULE.9 b/share/man/man9/SYSCALL_MODULE.9
index 434ea47..8737268 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/SYSCALL_MODULE.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/SYSCALL_MODULE.9
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 27, 2001
+.Dd January 7, 2005
 .Dt SYSCALL_MODULE 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -49,25 +49,29 @@ macro declares a new syscall.
 expands into a kernel module declaration named as
 .Fa name .
 .Pp
-.Fa offset
-is a pointer to an
+The rest of the arguments expected by this macro are:
+.Bl -tag -width ".Fa new_sysent"
+.It Fa offset
+A pointer to an
 .Vt int
 which saves the offset in
 .Vt "struct sysent"
-where the
-syscall is allocated.
-.Pp
-.Fa new_sysent
-specifies the function implementing the syscall and the number of
-arguments this function needs (see
+where the syscall is allocated.
+.It Fa new_sysent
+The function implementing the syscall and the number of arguments this
+function needs (see
 .In sys/sysent.h ) .
-.Pp
-.Fa evh
-is a pointer to the kernel module event handler function with the argument
+.It Fa evh
+A pointer to the kernel module event handler function with the argument
 .Fa arg .
 Please refer to
 .Xr module 9
 for more information.
+.It Fa arg
+The argument passed to the callback functions of the
+.Fa evh
+event handler when it is called.
+.El
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 A minimal example for a syscall module can be found in
 .Pa /usr/share/examples/kld/syscall/module/syscall.c .