Both POSIX and glibc use 'restrict' in realpath(). Let's use it here too. .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype realpath stdlib/stdlib.h:800: extern char *realpath (const char *__restrict __name, char *__restrict __resolved) __THROW __wur; .../glibc$ Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- man3/realpath.3 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man3/realpath.3 b/man3/realpath.3 index 643cdaaec..100567217 100644 --- a/man3/realpath.3 +++ b/man3/realpath.3 @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ realpath \- return the canonicalized absolute pathname .B #include <limits.h> .B #include <stdlib.h> .PP -.BI "char *realpath(const char *" path ", char *" resolved_path ); +.BI "char *realpath(const char *restrict " path , +.BI " char *restrict " resolved_path ); .fi .PP .RS -4 -- 2.30.1