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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ They have the form:
_syscall\fIX\fP(\fItype\fP,\fIname\fP,\fIatype\fP,\fIa\fP)
.RS
.HP 1.0i
-where \fIX\fP is 0\(en5, which are the number of arguments taken by the
+where \fIX\fP is 0-5, which are the number of arguments taken by the
system call
.HP
\fItype\fP is the return type of the system call
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ create one, especially for C++ users.
.sp
System calls are not required to return only positive or negative error
codes. You need to read the source to be sure how it will return errors.
-Usually, it is the negative of a standard error code. i.e., \-EPERM.
+Usually, it is the negative of a standard error code. ie. -EPERM.
.sp
Some system calls require more than six arguments, these are handle
differently. And at this moment I don't know how... *smile*