From 02d21d96e04f7c4cceeb0ecefa0ad9e15f450683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eadler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:25:04 +0000
Subject: clarify the wording for 'first' and 'last'

Approved by:	wblock
MFC after:	3 days
---
 lib/libc/string/ffs.3 | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/libc/string')

diff --git a/lib/libc/string/ffs.3 b/lib/libc/string/ffs.3
index bf6f5f5..d8e11d8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/ffs.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/ffs.3
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)ffs.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 3, 2011
+.Dd September 29, 2012
 .Dt FFS 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ The
 .Fn ffsl
 and
 .Fn ffsll
-functions find the first bit set
-(beginning with the least significant bit)
+functions find the first (least significant) bit set
 in
 .Fa value
 and return the index of that bit.
@@ -74,11 +73,11 @@ The
 .Fn flsl
 and
 .Fn flsll
-functions find the last bit set in
+functions find the last (most significant) bit set in
 .Fa value
 and return the index of that bit.
 .Pp
-Bits are numbered starting at 1 (the least significant bit).
+Bits are numbered starting at 1, the least significant bit.
 A return value of zero from any of these functions means that the
 argument was zero.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
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