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diff --git a/lib/libutil/pty.3 b/lib/libutil/pty.3
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--- a/lib/libutil/pty.3
+++ b/lib/libutil/pty.3
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ and
.Fa aslave ,
respectively.
.Pp
-.Fn Forkpty
-first calls
+The
+.Fn forkpty
+function first calls
.Fn openpty
to obtain the next available pseudo-terminal from the system. Upon success,
it forks off a new process. In the child process, it closes the descriptor
@@ -99,12 +100,14 @@ and
have the same meaning as described for
.Fn openpty .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-.Fn Openpty
-returns 0 on success, or -1 on failure.
+The
+.Fn openpty
+function returns 0 on success, or -1 on failure.
.Pp
-.Fn Forkpty
-returns -1 on failure, 0 in the slave process, and the process ID of the
-slave process in the parent process.
+The
+.Fn forkpty
+function returns -1 on failure, 0 in the slave process, and the process ID of
+the slave process in the parent process.
.Sh ERRORS
On failure,
.Fn openpty
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