From bb1abbbd18a194edef86977afc89c8c33ab07770 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:45:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Small tidy up of language relating to
 permissions/capabilities.

---
 man2/syslog.2 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/syslog.2 b/man2/syslog.2
index b6bfae521..4e8f48a99 100644
--- a/man2/syslog.2
+++ b/man2/syslog.2
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Quoting from
  */
 .fi
 
-Only command types 3 and 10 are allowed to non-root processes.
+Only command types 3 and 10 are allowed to unprivileged processes.
 Type 9 was added in 2.4.10; type 10 in 2.6.6.
 .SS The kernel log buffer
 The kernel has a cyclic buffer of length
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ is outside the range 1 to 8).
 .TP
 .B EPERM
 An attempt was made to change console_loglevel or clear the kernel
-message ring buffer by a process without root permissions
+message ring buffer by a process without sufficient privilege
 (more precisely: without the
 .B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
 capability).