--- _SB/Libc/gen/FreeBSD/ualarm.3 2004-11-25 11:38:02.000000000 -0800 +++ _SB/Libc/gen/FreeBSD/ualarm.3.edit 2006-06-28 16:55:51.000000000 -0700 @@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .In unistd.h .Ft useconds_t -.Fn ualarm "useconds_t microseconds" "useconds_t interval" +.Fo ualarm +.Fa "useconds_t useconds" +.Fa "useconds_t interval" +.Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION .Bf -symbolic This is a simplified interface to @@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ .Fn ualarm function waits a count of -.Fa microseconds +.Fa useconds before asserting the terminating signal .Dv SIGALRM . System activity or time used in processing the call may cause a slight @@ -67,17 +70,17 @@ signal will be sent to the process every .Fa interval -microseconds after the timer expires (e.g.\& after -.Fa microseconds +microseconds after the timer expires (e.g., after +.Fa useconds number of microseconds have passed). .Pp -Due to +Due to a .Xr setitimer 2 -restriction the maximum number of -.Fa microseconds +restriction, the maximum number of +.Fa useconds and .Fa interval -is limited to 100000000000000 +is limited to 100,000,000,000,000 (in case this value fits in the unsigned integer). .Sh RETURN VALUES When the signal has successfully been caught,