sigwaitinfo.2: Clarify wording of 'timeout' as a "minimum" interval

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2013-09-04 10:32:13 +02:00
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.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
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.TH SIGWAITINFO 2 2012-07-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH SIGWAITINFO 2 2013-09-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
sigwaitinfo, sigtimedwait \- synchronously wait for queued signals
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ operates in exactly the same way as
.BR sigwaitinfo ()
except that it has an additional argument,
.IR timeout ,
which specifies a minimum interval for which
which specifies the interval for which
the thread is suspended waiting for a signal.
(This interval will be rounded up to the system clock granularity,
and kernel scheduling delays mean that the interval