Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxx> --- man3/fmod.3 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/man3/fmod.3 b/man3/fmod.3 index ee2333fdc..a33b83eb5 100644 --- a/man3/fmod.3 +++ b/man3/fmod.3 @@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ is the quotient of / .IR y , rounded toward zero to an integer. +.PP +To obtain the modulus, more specifically, the Least Positive Residue, the +expression "fmod(fmod(x, y) + y, y)" needs to be used. .SH RETURN VALUE On success, these functions return the value \fIx\fP\ \-\ \fIn\fP*\fIy\fP, -- 2.41.0