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index cc9a831bec..c1d1158d77 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man3proc/proc_walk.3proc
+++ b/usr/src/man/man3proc/proc_walk.3proc
@@ -49,13 +49,15 @@ The value of
controls whether or not information about the threads in the process are
included and how many times the callback function
.Fa func
-is called. The following values may be passed in for
+is called.
+The following values may be passed in for
.Fa flag :
.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent
.It Dv PR_WALK_PROC
Indicates that the walker is only concerned with the process.
.Fa func
-will be called once for each process in the system. Only the
+will be called once for each process in the system.
+Only the
.Sy psinfo
will be read for the process and passed to
.Fa func .
@@ -66,8 +68,8 @@ will be passed as
.It Dv PR_WALK_LWP
The caller wants both process and thread information.
.Fa func
-will be called once for each thread in the system. In addition to the
-process
+will be called once for each thread in the system.
+In addition to the process
.Sy psinfo
information, the ps specific information for a given thread will be
included in the
@@ -77,12 +79,13 @@ argument.
.Pp
The return value of the caller's
.Fa func
-function determines whether or not iteration will continue. If
+function determines whether or not iteration will continue.
+If
.Fa func
returns a non-zero value, then iteration will terminate and that
-return value will be returned to the caller. To distinguish between
-system errors and caller errors, it is recommended that the function
-only return positive integers in the event of an error.
+return value will be returned to the caller.
+To distinguish between system errors and caller errors, it is recommended that
+the function only return positive integers in the event of an error.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the
.Fn proc_walk