From 9584a298e4ed4525115ea73f736dab937202cf44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam David Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 13:07:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] the previous text was absurd, and wrong --- lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 b/lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 index fb1893fda3e..a9a04ce8fed 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 @@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ waits a count of .Ar seconds before asserting the terminating signal .Dv SIGALRM . -When the signal has successfully been caught, .Fn alarm -returns the amount of time left on the clock. +returns the amount of time unexpired +from any previously pending alarm. The maximum number of .Ar seconds allowed