[patch] posix_fallocate.3, prctl.2, sigaction.2, sysconf.3, tzset.3: minor rewording

[Seonghun Lim <wariua-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

man-pages version: latest git repository
why: Clarify description by rewording. Fix some typos.


diff --git a/man3/posix_fallocate.3 b/man3/posix_fallocate.3
--- a/man3/posix_fallocate.3
+++ b/man3/posix_fallocate.3
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ referred to by
.TP
.B ESPIPE
.I fd
-refers to a pipe of file descriptor.
+refers to a pipe.
.SH VERSIONS
.BR posix_fallocate ()
is available since glibc 2.1.94.
diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ in the location pointed to by
.TP
.BR PR_SET_FPEXC " (since Linux 2.4.21, 2.5.32, only on PowerPC)"
Set floating-point exception mode to \fIarg2\fP.
-Pass \fBPR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE\fP to use FPEXC for FP exception enables,
+Pass \fBPR_FP_EXC_SW_ENABLE\fP to use FPEXC for FP exception enabled,
\fBPR_FP_EXC_DIV\fP for floating-point divide by zero,
\fBPR_FP_EXC_OVF\fP for floating-point overflow,
\fBPR_FP_EXC_UND\fP for floating-point underflow,
diff --git a/man2/sigaction.2 b/man2/sigaction.2
--- a/man2/sigaction.2
+++ b/man2/sigaction.2
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ In addition, signals sent with
.BR sigqueue (2)
fill in
.IR si_int " and " si_ptr
-with the values specified by the sender the signal;
+with the values specified by the sender of the signal;
see
.BR sigqueue (2)
for more details.
diff --git a/man3/sysconf.3 b/man3/sysconf.3
--- a/man3/sysconf.3
+++ b/man3/sysconf.3
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ parentheses by
.BR expr (1).
.TP
.BR LINE_MAX " - " _SC_LINE_MAX
-The maximum length of a utility's input line length, either from
+The maximum length of a utility's input line, either from
standard input or from a file.
This includes length for a trailing
newline.
diff --git a/man3/tzset.3 b/man3/tzset.3
--- a/man3/tzset.3
+++ b/man3/tzset.3
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ runs from the first Sunday in October to the third
Sunday in March,
and the changeovers happen at the default time of 02:00:00:
.nf

- TZ="NZST-12.00:00NZDT-13:00:00,M10.1.0,M3.3.0"
+ TZ="NZST-12:00:00NZDT-13:00:00,M10.1.0,M3.3.0"
.fi
.PP
The third format specifies that the timezone information should be read

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