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.\" @(#)scanf.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/scanf.3,v 1.24 2003/06/28 09:03:25 das Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/scanf.3,v 1.25 2007/01/09 00:28:07 imp Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 4, 2003
.Dt SCANF 3
in
.Xr printf 3 ) ;
the next pointer must be a pointer to
-.Vt void .
+.Vt "void *"
+(or other pointer type).
.It Cm n
Nothing is expected;
instead, the number of characters consumed thus far from the input