This patch changes perror to strerror, as strerror is the one that takes an error code. The patch also adds a \fP after the underlining of "errnum", so the text following it is no longer underlined. The patch applies to current git. --- a/man3/error.3 +++ b/man3/error.3 @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ the program name, a colon and a space, the message specified by the .BR printf (3)-style format string \fIformat\fP, and, if \fIerrnum\fP is nonzero, a second colon and a space followed by the string given by -\fBperror(\fIerrnum\fB)\fP. +\fBstrerror(\fP\fIerrnum\fP\fB)\fP. Any arguments required for .I format should follow -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
