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syslog.2: Rework introductory paragraph 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.BI "int klogctl(int " type ", char *" bufp ", int " len );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
If you need the C library function
.IR Note :
Probably, you are looking for the C library function
.BR syslog (),
which talks to
.BR syslogd (8);
see
.BR syslog (3)
for details.
This page describes the kernel
.BR syslog ()
(which talks to
.BR syslogd (8)),
then look at
.BR syslog (3).
The system call of this name is about controlling the kernel
system call, which is used to control the kernel
.IR printk ()
buffer, and the glibc wrapper function is called
buffer; the glibc wrapper function for the system call is called
.BR klogctl ().
.SS The kernel log buffer
The kernel has a cyclic buffer of length