diff --git a/man2/times.2 b/man2/times.2 index 012b5958d..12a610522 100644 --- a/man2/times.2 +++ b/man2/times.2 @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ also returns a value of type but this value is measured in units of .BR CLOCKS_PER_SEC , not the clock ticks used by -.BR times (2). +.BR times (). On Linux, the "arbitrary point in the past" from which the return value of .BR times () @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ yet. A limitation of the Linux system call conventions on some architectures (notably i386) means that on Linux 2.6 there is a small time window (41 seconds) soon after boot when -.BR times (2) +.BR times () can return \-1, falsely indicating that an error occurred. The same problem can occur when the return value wraps passed the maximum value that can be stored in