mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language.

Stop calling system calls "function calls".

Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility".

When referring to a non-BSD implementation in
the HISTORY section, call syscall a function,
to be safe.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sigpending.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sigpending.2
index e6635d39debb..cc5597beb7ca 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/sigpending.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/sigpending.2
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn sigpending
-function returns a mask of the signals pending for delivery
+system call returns a mask of the signals pending for delivery
 to the calling process in the location indicated by
 .Fa set .
 Signals may be pending because they are currently masked,
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ normally detectable).
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std sigpending
 .Sh ERRORS
+The
 .Fn sigpending
+system call
 will fail if:
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EFAULT
@@ -73,5 +75,5 @@ argument specified an invalid address.
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Fn sigpending
-function call is expected to conform to
+system call is expected to conform to
 .St -p1003.1-90 .