Follow the pattern to replace "to indicate the cause of the error" with "to indicate the error". Suggested-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx> --- changes v1->v2: New in this version. man/man2/mount_setattr.2 | 2 +- man/man2/seccomp_unotify.2 | 6 +++--- man/man3/aio_cancel.3 | 2 +- man/man3/dlinfo.3 | 2 +- man/man3/dlsym.3 | 2 +- man/man3/fts.3 | 2 +- man/man3/resolver.3 | 2 +- man/man3/rpmatch.3 | 2 +- 8 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man2/mount_setattr.2 b/man/man2/mount_setattr.2 index f4bbc088b..96d1c5d7f 100644 --- a/man/man2/mount_setattr.2 +++ b/man/man2/mount_setattr.2 @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ returns zero. On error, \-1 is returned and .I errno -is set to indicate the cause of the error. +is set to indicate the error. .SH ERRORS .TP .B EBADF diff --git a/man/man2/seccomp_unotify.2 b/man/man2/seccomp_unotify.2 index 7092f9491..c7ce0cc74 100644 --- a/man/man2/seccomp_unotify.2 +++ b/man/man2/seccomp_unotify.2 @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ for details of this structure. .P On success, this operation returns 0; on failure, \-1 is returned, and .I errno -is set to indicate the cause of the error. +is set to indicate the error. This operation can fail with the following errors: .TP .BR EINVAL " (since Linux 5.5)" @@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ field contains a nonzero value. .P On success, this operation returns 0; on failure, \-1 is returned, and .I errno -is set to indicate the cause of the error. +is set to indicate the error. This operation can fail with the following errors: .TP .B EINPROGRESS @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ operation. .P On error, \-1 is returned and .I errno -is set to indicate the cause of the error. +is set to indicate the error. .P This operation can fail with the following errors: .TP diff --git a/man/man3/aio_cancel.3 b/man/man3/aio_cancel.3 index 4e32cd2bd..2798eba61 100644 --- a/man/man3/aio_cancel.3 +++ b/man/man3/aio_cancel.3 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ All requests had already been completed before the call. .TP \-1 An error occurred. -The cause of the error can be found by inspecting +the error can be found by inspecting .IR errno . .SH ERRORS .TP diff --git a/man/man3/dlinfo.3 b/man/man3/dlinfo.3 index ada8f643e..8ca490957 100644 --- a/man/man3/dlinfo.3 +++ b/man/man3/dlinfo.3 @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ NULL is placed in On success, .BR dlinfo () returns 0. -On failure, it returns \-1; the cause of the error can be diagnosed using +On failure, it returns \-1; the error can be diagnosed using .BR dlerror (3). .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see diff --git a/man/man3/dlsym.3 b/man/man3/dlsym.3 index 74cc36af2..577e83296 100644 --- a/man/man3/dlsym.3 +++ b/man/man3/dlsym.3 @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ On success, these functions return the address associated with .IR symbol . On failure, they return NULL; -the cause of the error can be diagnosed using +the error can be diagnosed using .BR dlerror (3). .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see diff --git a/man/man3/fts.3 b/man/man3/fts.3 index d2c520450..461ff88b0 100644 --- a/man/man3/fts.3 +++ b/man/man3/fts.3 @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ the field contains the error number (i.e., the .I errno value) -specifying the cause of the error. +specifying the error. Otherwise, the contents of the .I fts_errno field are undefined. diff --git a/man/man3/resolver.3 b/man/man3/resolver.3 index c54337218..c7dec6a36 100644 --- a/man/man3/resolver.3 +++ b/man/man3/resolver.3 @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ the global variable .I h_errno (see .BR gethostbyname (3)) -can be consulted to determine the cause of the error. +can be consulted to determine the error. .SH FILES .TP .I /etc/resolv.conf diff --git a/man/man3/rpmatch.3 b/man/man3/rpmatch.3 index 5ef3ca5f9..50f753d38 100644 --- a/man/man3/rpmatch.3 +++ b/man/man3/rpmatch.3 @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ can fail for any of the reasons that .BR regcomp (3) or .BR regexec (3) -can fail; the cause of the error +can fail; the error is not available from .I errno or anywhere else, but indicates a -- 2.45.2