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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pgetareg.3proc b/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pgetareg.3proc
index 1d8a67ca75..254530b6d6 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pgetareg.3proc
+++ b/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pgetareg.3proc
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ to by
.Fa P .
.Pp
The getting and setting of registers of the process operates on the
-representative thread (LWP). For more information on how the
-representative is chosen, see
+representative thread (LWP).
+For more information on how the representative is chosen, see
.Xr proc 4 .
To change the registers of a specific thread, use the
.Xr Lgetareg 3PROC
@@ -66,17 +66,19 @@ and
.Xr Lsetareg 3PROC
functions.
.Pp
-The getting and setting of registers only applies to stopped
-processes. In addition, one may obtain registers from core files, but
-not set them. To stop a process, see the
+The getting and setting of registers only applies to stopped processes.
+In addition, one may obtain registers from core files, but not set them.
+To stop a process, see the
.Xr Pstop 3PROC
function.
.Pp
The register to get or set is indicated by the
.Fa regno
-argument. For a list of registers, see
+argument.
+For a list of registers, see
.In sys/regset.h .
-The set of registers is specific to each architecture of the system. The
+The set of registers is specific to each architecture of the system.
+The
.Fn Pgetareg
function will fill in the value of
.Fa preg
@@ -123,7 +125,8 @@ functions will fail if:
.It Er EINVAL
The value of
.Fa regno
-is invalid. This means it is less than
+is invalid.
+This means it is less than
.Sy 0
and greater than
.Sy NPRGREG .
@@ -150,7 +153,8 @@ functions will fail if:
.It Er EINVAL
The value of
.Fa regno
-is invalid. This means it is less than
+is invalid.
+This means it is less than
.Sy 0
and greater than
.Sy NPRGREG .