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+++ b/usr/src/man/man3c/aioread.3c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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-.TH AIOREAD 3C "Feb 5, 2008"
+.TH AIOREAD 3C "May 13, 2017"
.SH NAME
aioread, aiowrite \- read or write asynchronous I/O operations
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ aioread, aiowrite \- read or write asynchronous I/O operations
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
.LP
The \fBaioread()\fR function initiates one asynchronous \fBread\fR(2) and
returns control to the calling program. The read continues concurrently with
@@ -72,8 +71,8 @@ application until after the operation has completed. While the operation is in
progress, this buffer is in use by the operating system.
.sp
.LP
-Notification of the completion of an asynchronous I/O operation can be
-obtained synchronously through the \fBaiowait\fR(3C) function, or
+Notification of the completion of an asynchronous I/O operation can be
+obtained synchronously through the \fBaiowait\fR(3C) function, or
asynchronously by installing a signal handler for the \fBSIGIO\fR signal.
Asynchronous notification is accomplished by sending the process a \fBSIGIO\fR
signal. If a signal handler is not installed for the \fBSIGIO\fR signal,
@@ -97,13 +96,11 @@ It is an error to use the same result buffer in more than one outstanding
request. These structures can be reused only after the system has completed the
operation.
.SH RETURN VALUES
-.sp
.LP
-Upon successful completion, \fBaioread()\fR and \fBaiowrite()\fR return
+Upon successful completion, \fBaioread()\fR and \fBaiowrite()\fR return
\fB0\fR. Upon failure, \fBaioread()\fR and \fBaiowrite()\fR return \fB\(mi1\fR
and set \fBerrno\fR to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
-.sp
.LP
The \fBaioread()\fR and \fBaiowrite()\fR functions will fail if:
.sp
@@ -165,12 +162,10 @@ Memory resources are unavailable to initiate request.
.RE
.SH USAGE
-.sp
.LP
The \fBaioread()\fR and \fBaiowrite()\fR functions have transitional interfaces
for 64-bit file offsets. See \fBlf64\fR(5).
.SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
@@ -186,9 +181,8 @@ MT-Level Safe
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
.LP
\fBclose\fR(2), \fBexecve\fR(2), \fBexit\fR(2), \fBllseek\fR(2),
\fBlseek\fR(2), \fBopen\fR(2), \fBread\fR(2), \fBwrite\fR(2),
-\fBaiocancel\fR(3C), \fBaiowait\fR(3C), \fBsigvec\fR(3UCB),
+\fBaiocancel\fR(3C), \fBaiowait\fR(3C),
\fBattributes\fR(5), \fBlf64\fR(5)