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Date:      Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:23:11 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r197958 - head/lib/libc/sys
Message-ID:  <200910111623.n9BGNBlG015888@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: kib
Date: Sun Oct 11 16:23:11 2009
New Revision: 197958
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197958

Log:
  In nanosleep(2), note that the calling thread is put to sleep, not the
  whole process. Also explicitely name the parameter that specifies
  sleep interval.

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/sys/nanosleep.2

Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/nanosleep.2
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/sys/nanosleep.2	Sun Oct 11 14:27:33 2009	(r197957)
+++ head/lib/libc/sys/nanosleep.2	Sun Oct 11 16:23:11 2009	(r197958)
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
 The
 .Fn nanosleep
 system call
-causes the process to sleep for the specified time.
+causes the calling thread to sleep until the time interval specified by
+.Fa rqtp
+has elapsed.
 An unmasked signal will
 cause it to terminate the sleep early, regardless of the
 .Dv SA_RESTART



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