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Date:      Sun, 27 Sep 2015 04:17:09 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Alan Cox <alc@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-10@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r288292 - stable/10/lib/libc/sys
Message-ID:  <201509270417.t8R4H9jX066678@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: alc
Date: Sun Sep 27 04:17:08 2015
New Revision: 288292
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/288292

Log:
  MFC r285428
    Correct the description of MADV_DONTNEED.

Modified:
  stable/10/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2
Directory Properties:
  stable/10/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/10/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2
==============================================================================
--- stable/10/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2	Sun Sep 27 04:03:11 2015	(r288291)
+++ stable/10/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2	Sun Sep 27 04:17:08 2015	(r288292)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)madvise.2	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd January 30, 2014
+.Dd July 12, 2015
 .Dt MADVISE 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ pages in from backing store, but quickly
 into the calling process.
 .It Dv MADV_DONTNEED
 Allows the VM system to decrease the in-memory priority
-of pages in the specified range.
-Additionally future references to
-this address range will incur a page fault.
+of pages in the specified address range.
+Consequently, future references to this address range are more likely
+to incur a page fault.
 .It Dv MADV_FREE
 Gives the VM system the freedom to free pages,
 and tells the system that information in the specified page range



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