Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@xxxxxxxxx> --- man2/getrlimit.2 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/getrlimit.2 b/man2/getrlimit.2 index 2ee56ae24..dd99bb2f8 100644 --- a/man2/getrlimit.2 +++ b/man2/getrlimit.2 @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ The actual ceiling for the nice value is calculated as The useful range for this limit is thus from 1 (corresponding to a nice value of 19) to 40 (corresponding to a nice value of -20). -This unusual choice of range is was necessary +This unusual choice of range was necessary because negative numbers cannot be specified as resource limit values, since they typically have special meanings. For example, -- 2.11.0 -- 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
