diff --git a/man3/malloc.3 b/man3/malloc.3 index e0f5250ff..3291c8c07 100644 --- a/man3/malloc.3 +++ b/man3/malloc.3 @@ -217,9 +217,10 @@ The .BR realloc () function returns a pointer to the newly allocated memory, which is suitably aligned for any built-in type, or NULL if the request failed. -The pointer may be the same as +The returned pointer may be the same as .IR ptr -if the allocation was not moved (e.g. there was room to expand the allocation in-place), or different from +if the allocation was not moved +(e.g., there was room to expand the allocation in-place), or different from .IR ptr if the allocation was moved to a new address. If