[PATCH v2 1/2] Unify error wording

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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





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