[Bug 227012] timeout.1: Improve the manual page for timeout(1)

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227012

            Bug ID: 227012
           Summary: timeout.1: Improve the manual page for timeout(1)
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: 0mp at FreeBSD.org

Created attachment 191880
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=191880&action=edit
Patch improving the manual page of timeout(1)

Changes:
 * Add an SPDX tag.
 * Bump the date of the last modification.
 * Do not use angle brackets for required positional arguments.
 * Note that timeout is not going to time out if the duration argument is set
0.
 * Remove style from signal names.
 * Clarify what is the expected format of time-related arguments.
 * Improve wording and formatting.
 * Fix some typos.

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