From 80b435e1ba752169c85ff2ab7219735bac548064 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:13:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] getpid.2: Minor wording fix: clarify that PID is the acronym for "process ID" Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/getpid.2 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/getpid.2 b/man2/getpid.2 index 5b9650cd2..e6c4d96fa 100644 --- a/man2/getpid.2 +++ b/man2/getpid.2 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ getpid, getppid \- get process identification .B pid_t getppid(void); .SH DESCRIPTION .BR getpid () -returns the process ID of the calling process. +returns the process ID (PID) of the calling process. (This is often used by routines that generate unique temporary filenames.) .PP