From 70a6338b767492ad115373d235e1bc72cbf36590 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:31:33 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] epoll_wait.2: A few wording improvements Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/epoll_wait.2 | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/epoll_wait.2 b/man2/epoll_wait.2 index a588ba900..bce882b64 100644 --- a/man2/epoll_wait.2 +++ b/man2/epoll_wait.2 @@ -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