From e7b742f33f9a0131ff4d581b1248443e7435fa30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 07:28:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] timer_settime.2: Small rewording around discussion of pointer arguments Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/timer_settime.2 | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/timer_settime.2 b/man2/timer_settime.2 index b6b9cde54..b8a3a1387 100644 --- a/man2/timer_settime.2 +++ b/man2/timer_settime.2 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ arms or disarms the timer identified by .IR timerid . The .I new_value -argument is an +argument is pointer to an .I itimerspec structure that specifies the new initial value and the new interval for the timer. @@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ clock have no effect on relative timers based on that clock. If .I old_value -is not NULL, then it returns the previous interval of the timer (in +is not NULL, then it points to a buffer +that is used to return the previous interval of the timer (in .IR old_value->it_interval ) and the amount of time until the timer would previously have next expired (in