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diff --git a/bsd/man/man2/getpeername.2 b/bsd/man/man2/getpeername.2
index 88edc5d552f819f4a074301fb2bcde0dc598922a..1db123b2a052237d74982b1d2b98a99945c5d4c5 100644 (file)
--- a/bsd/man/man2/getpeername.2
+++ b/bsd/man/man2/getpeername.2
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 .Os BSD 4.2
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm getpeername
 .Os BSD 4.2
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm getpeername

-.Nd get name of connected peer
+.Nd get address of connected peer

 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
 .Ft int
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
 .Ft int


@@ -48,18 +48,20 @@
 .Fa "socklen_t *restrict address_len"
 .Fc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Fa "socklen_t *restrict address_len"
 .Fc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION

-.Fn Getpeername
-returns the name of the peer connected to
-socket
-.Fa socket .
+The
+.Fn getpeername
+function returns the address of the peer connected to the specified 
+socket. 
+.Pp

 The
 .Fa address_len
 parameter should be initialized to indicate
 the amount of space pointed to by
 The
 .Fa address_len
 parameter should be initialized to indicate
 the amount of space pointed to by

-.Fa name .
-On return it contains the actual size of the name
+.Fa address .
+On return it contains the actual size of the address

 returned (in bytes).
 returned (in bytes).

-The name is truncated if the buffer provided is too small.
+.Pp
+The address is truncated if the buffer provided is too small.

 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std getpeername
 .Sh ERRORS
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std getpeername
 .Sh ERRORS