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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-02-18 16:05:06 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-02-18 16:05:06 +0100
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man-pages.7: Minor rewording in DESCRIPTION
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" 2007-05-30 created by mtk, using text from old man.7 plus
.\" rewrites and additional text.
.\"
-.TH MAN-PAGES 7 2013-01-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH MAN-PAGES 7 2013-02-18 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
man-pages \- conventions for writing Linux man pages
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ man-pages \- conventions for writing Linux man pages
.SH DESCRIPTION
This page describes the conventions that should be employed
when writing man pages for the Linux \fIman-pages\fP project,
-which comprises Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the Linux manual pages.
+which documents the user-space API provided by the Linux kernel
+and the GNU C library.
+The project thus provides most of the pages in Section 2,
+as well as many of the pages that appear
+in Sections 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the man pages on a Linux system.
The conventions described on this page may also be useful
for authors writing man pages for other projects.
.SS Sections of the Manual Pages