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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2 b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
index fd978ca..b43b9c8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ their error returns, and other common definitions and concepts.
.\"<more later...>
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Nearly all of the system calls provide an error number referenced via
-the external identifier errno. This identifier is defined in
+the external identifier errno.
+This identifier is defined in
.Aq Pa sys/errno.h
as
.Pp
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ as
The
.Va __error()
function returns a pointer to a field in the thread specific structure for
-threads other than the initial thread. For the initial thread and
+threads other than the initial thread.
+For the initial thread and
non-threaded processes,
.Va __error()
returns a pointer to a global
@@ -104,7 +106,8 @@ An asynchronous signal (such as
or
.Dv SIGQUIT )
was caught by the process during the execution of an interruptible
-function. If the signal handler performs a normal return, the
+function.
+If the signal handler performs a normal return, the
interrupted function call will seem to have returned the error condition.
.It Er 5 EIO Em "Input/output error" .
Some physical input or output error occurred.
@@ -264,7 +267,8 @@ A message sent on a socket was larger than the internal message buffer
or some other network limit.
.It Er 41 EPROTOTYPE Em "Protocol wrong type for socket" .
A protocol was specified that does not support the semantics of the
-socket type requested. For example, you cannot use the
+socket type requested.
+For example, you cannot use the
.Tn ARPA
Internet
.Tn UDP
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