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man-pages.7: Improve description of sections in accordance with intro pages 

Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -48,32 +48,34 @@ for authors writing man pages for other projects.
.PP
The manual Sections are traditionally defined as follows:
.TP 10
.B 1 Commands (Programs)
.B 1 User commands (Programs)
Those commands that can be executed by the user from within
a shell.
.TP
.B 2 System calls
Those functions which must be performed by the kernel.
Those functions which wrap operations performed by the kernel.
.TP
.B 3 Library calls
Most of the
All library functions excluding the system call wrappers
(Most of the
.I libc
functions.
functions).
.TP
.B 4 Special files (devices)
Files found in
.IR /dev .
.I /dev
which allow to access to devices through the kernel.
.TP
.B 5 File formats and conventions
The format for
.I /etc/passwd
and other human-readable files.
.B 5 File formats and configuration
Describes various human-readable file formats and configuration files.
.TP
.B 6 Games
Games and funny little programs available on the system.
.TP
.B 7 Overview, conventions, and miscellaneous
Overviews of various topics, conventions and protocols,
character set standards, and miscellaneous other things.
Overviews or descriptions of various topics, conventions and protocols,
character set standards, the standard filesystem layout, and miscellaneous
other things.
.TP
.B 8 System management commands
Commands like