epoll_wait.2: A few wording improvements

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2012-04-15 07:31:33 +12:00
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@ -56,14 +56,13 @@ The call blocks the calling thread for a maximum time of
milliseconds.
Specifying a
.I timeout
of \-1 makes
of \-1 causes
.BR epoll_wait ()
wait indefinitely, while specifying a
to block indefinitely, while specifying a
.I timeout
equal to zero makes
equal to zero cause
.BR epoll_wait ()
to return immediately even if no events are available
(return code equal to zero).
to return immediately, even if no events are available.
The
.I struct epoll_event