svn commit: r243251 - head/share/man/man9

[Benjamin Kaduk]

Author: bjk (doc committer)
Date: Sun Nov 18 22:52:17 2012
New Revision: 243251
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/243251

Log:
  Improve grammar.
  
  Approved by:	hrs (mentor)

Modified:
  head/share/man/man9/sleep.9

Modified: head/share/man/man9/sleep.9
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man9/sleep.9	Sun Nov 18 22:03:31 2012	(r243250)
+++ head/share/man/man9/sleep.9	Sun Nov 18 22:52:17 2012	(r243251)
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ If
 .Fa priority
 includes the
 .Dv PCATCH
-flag, signals are checked before and after sleeping, otherwise signals are
+flag, pending
+signals are checked before and after sleeping, otherwise signals are
 not checked.
 If
 .Dv PCATCH
@@ -114,17 +115,18 @@ possible, and
 is returned if the system call should be interrupted by the signal
 (return
 .Er EINTR ) .
-If
+If the
 .Dv PBDRY
 flag is specified in addition to
 .Dv PCATCH ,
-then the sleeping thread is not stopped while sleeping upon delivery of
+then the sleeping thread is not stopped upon delivery of
 .Dv SIGSTOP
-or other stop action.
-Instead, it is waken up, assuming that stop occurs on reaching a stop
+or other stop action while it is sleeping.
+Instead, it is woken up, with the assumption
+that the stop will occur on reaching a stop
 point when returning to usermode.
-The flag should be used when sleeping thread owns resources, for instance
-vnode locks, that should be freed timely.
+The flag should be used when the sleeping thread owns resources, for instance
+vnode locks, that should be released in a timely fashion.
 .Pp
 The parameter
 .Fa wmesg