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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/poll.2 b/lib/libc/sys/poll.2
index a1c7ada..dbd641f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/poll.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/poll.2
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ is zero, then
will return without blocking.
.Pp
The
-.Fn ppoll
-system call, unlike
+.Fn ppoll
+system call, unlike
.Fn poll ,
is used to safely wait until either a set of file descriptors becomes
ready or until a signal is caught.
@@ -174,13 +174,12 @@ used by
A null pointer may be passed to indicate that
.Fn ppoll
should wait indefinitely.
-Finally,
+Finally,
.Fa newsigmask
specifies a signal mask which is set while waiting for input.
-When
+When
.Fn ppoll
returns, the original signal mask is restored.
-.Pp
.Bd -literal
struct timespec {
time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */
@@ -247,11 +246,11 @@ The specified time limit is invalid. One of its components is negative or too la
.Xr write 2
.Sh STANDARDS
The
-.Fn poll
+.Fn poll
function conforms to
.St -p1003.1-2001 .
The
-.Fn ppoll
+.Fn ppoll
is not specified by POSIX.
.Sh HISTORY
The
@@ -262,8 +261,8 @@ This manual page and the core of the implementation was taken from
.Nx .
The
.Fn ppoll
-function first appeared in
-.Fx 11.0
+function first appeared in
+.Fx 11.0
.Sh BUGS
The distinction between some of the fields in the
.Fa events
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