[PATCH 1/4] io_cancel.2: fix up the description

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The description for this sytem call was a bit inaccurate.  Cyril
still takes issue with my wording, so this is up for further
word-smithing, I think.  I'm open to suggestions.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/io_cancel.2 |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/io_cancel.2 b/man2/io_cancel.2
index 0f974ed..6adddf3 100644
--- a/man2/io_cancel.2
+++ b/man2/io_cancel.2
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ attempts to cancel an asynchronous I/O operation previously submitted with
 .BR io_submit (2).
 The
 .I ctx_id
-argument is the AIO context ID of the operation to be canceled.
-If the AIO context is found, the event will be canceled and then copied
-into the memory pointed to by \fIresult\fP without being placed
-into the completion queue.
+argument is the AIO context ID into which the operation was submitted.
+If the operation is successfully canceled, the event will be copied into
+the memory pointed to by \fIresult\fP without being placed into the
+completion queue.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success,
 .BR io_cancel ()
-- 
1.7.1

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