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Date:      22 Dec 2004 23:59:56 -0000
From:      "Paul A.Hoadley" <paulh@logicsquad.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/75410: Two typos in random(4) manpage
Message-ID:  <20041222235956.14005.qmail@grover.logicsquad.net>
Resent-Message-ID: <200412230000.iBN00mbk047177@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         75410
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Two typos in random(4) manpage
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Dec 23 00:00:48 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Paul A. Hoadley
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Logic Squad
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD bert.coremedicalsolutions.com 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #1: Sat Dec 18 20:50:15 CST 2004     paulh@bert.coremedicalsolutions.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BERT  i386
>Description:
Two small typos in random(4) manpage
>How-To-Repeat:
man 4 random
>Fix:
Here is a diff against $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/random.4,v 1.17 2004/10/03 13:14:19 simon Exp $.

--- random.4.diff begins here ---
--- random.4.old	Thu Dec 23 10:16:21 2004
+++ random.4	Thu Dec 23 10:17:50 2004
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 and use these in preference to the fallback,
 which is a generator implemented in software.
 .Pp
-If the device has is using
+If the device is using
 the software generator,
 writing data to
 .Nm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 device may be controlled with
 .Xr sysctl 8 .
 .Pp
-To see the devices' current settings, use the command line:
+To see the device's current settings, use the command line:
 .Pp
 .Dl sysctl kern.random
 .Pp
--- random.4.diff ends here ---
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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