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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/uuidgen.28
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/uuidgen.2 b/lib/libc/sys/uuidgen.2
index 9d6a522..61b2fe0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/uuidgen.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/uuidgen.2
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) and writes them to the buffer
pointed to by
.Fa store .
The identifiers are generated according to the syntax and semantics of the
-DCE version 1 variant of universally unique identifiers. When no IEEE 802
+DCE version 1 variant of universally unique identifiers.
+When no IEEE 802
address is available for the node field a random multicast address is
generated for each call.
.Pp
@@ -55,9 +56,8 @@ system call will generate identifiers that are adjacent in time.
.Pp
Universally unique identifiers, also known as globally unique identifiers,
are normally represented as:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-63d81915-7140-11d6-903d-00022d09712b
-.Ed
+.Pp
+.Dl 63d81915-7140-11d6-903d-00022d09712b
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std
.Sh ERRORS
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