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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/read.2 b/lib/libc/sys/read.2
index 2dccb0e..7a4487e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/read.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/read.2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)read.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 2/26/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 29, 2005
+.Dd October 11, 2006
.Dt READ 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -169,8 +169,10 @@ points outside the allocated address space.
.It Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system.
.It Bq Er EINTR
-A read from a slow device was interrupted before
-any data arrived by the delivery of a signal.
+A read from a slow device
+(i.e. one that might block for an arbitrary amount of time)
+was interrupted by the delivery of a signal
+before any data arrived.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The pointer associated with
.Fa d
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