From 57865ad7289f03f6016f2cf94d227e3af850cab2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 06:58:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] nice.2: Clarify that nice() changes the nice value of the calling *thread* Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/nice.2 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/nice.2 b/man2/nice.2 index 623c46ab6..7f47fa865 100644 --- a/man2/nice.2 +++ b/man2/nice.2 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ _XOPEN_SOURCE .BR nice () adds .I inc -to the nice value for the calling process. +to the nice value for the calling thread. (A higher nice value means a low priority.) Only the super\%user may specify a negative increment, or priority increase.