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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
index ce1ead7..5cd6667 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ with it
and
returns a pointer to be used to identify the
.Em directory stream
-in subsequent operations. The pointer
+in subsequent operations.
+The pointer
.Dv NULL
is returned if
.Fa filename
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ enough memory to hold the whole thing.
The
.Fn readdir
function
-returns a pointer to the next directory entry. It returns
+returns a pointer to the next directory entry.
+It returns
.Dv NULL
upon reaching the end of the directory or detecting an invalid
.Fn seekdir
@@ -102,7 +104,8 @@ provides the same functionality as
.Fn readdir ,
but the caller must provide a directory
.Fa entry
-buffer to store the results in. If the read succeeds,
+buffer to store the results in.
+If the read succeeds,
.Fa result
is pointed at the
.Fa entry ;
@@ -126,7 +129,8 @@ are good only for the lifetime of the
.Dv DIR
pointer,
.Fa dirp ,
-from which they are derived. If the directory is closed and then
+from which they are derived.
+If the directory is closed and then
reopened, prior values returned by
.Fn telldir
will no longer be valid.
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