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clone.2: Minor tweaks after feedback from Christian Brauner 

Reported-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -65,15 +65,12 @@ There is not yet a glibc wrapper for
see NOTES. see NOTES.
.SH DESCRIPTION .SH DESCRIPTION
These system calls These system calls
create a new process, in a manner similar to create a new ("child") process, in a manner similar to
.BR fork (2). .BR fork (2).
.PP .PP
Unlike By contrast with
.BR fork (2), .BR fork (2),
these system calls allow the child to be created with these system cals provide more precise control over what pieces of execution
various properties that differ from the parent.
For example, these system calls
provide more precise control over what pieces of execution
context are shared between the calling process and the child process. context are shared between the calling process and the child process.
For example, using these system calls, the caller can control whether For example, using these system calls, the caller can control whether
or not the two processes share the virtual address space, or not the two processes share the virtual address space,