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diff --git a/string/strcspn.3 b/string/strcspn.3
index 7d17774f4f9806e53daacb55fcfc587ad6f29321..938f80b415fcac11fd1d9d0b341b0aff76710100 100644 (file)
--- a/string/strcspn.3
+++ b/string/strcspn.3
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
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@@ -34,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)strcspn.3  8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/strcspn.3,v 1.7 2001/10/01 16:09:00 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/strcspn.3,v 1.9 2007/01/09 00:28:12 imp Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 4, 1993
 .Dt STRCSPN 3
@@ -66,10 +62,18 @@ spans the
 .Em complement
 of
 .Fa s2 ) .
+In other words, it computes the string array index in
+.Fa s1
+of the first character of
+.Fa s1
+which is also in
+.Fa s2 ,
+else the index of the first null character.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
 .Fn strcspn
-function returns the number of characters spanned.
+function
+returns the number of characters spanned.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr memchr 3 ,
 .Xr strchr 3 ,