pidfd_open.2: Minor wording improvement

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2019-10-12 21:05:04 +02:00
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@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ on the file descriptor fails with the error
.PP
The
.BR pidfd_open ()
system call is the preferred way of obtaining a PID file descriptor.
system call is the preferred way of obtaining a PID file descriptor
for an already existing process.
The alternative is to obtain a file descriptor by opening a
.I /proc/[pid]
directory.