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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3proc/Plwp_getasrs.3proc b/usr/src/man/man3proc/Plwp_getasrs.3proc
index 7630857461..85fa41e910 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man3proc/Plwp_getasrs.3proc
+++ b/usr/src/man/man3proc/Plwp_getasrs.3proc
@@ -46,14 +46,16 @@ in the process handle
.Pp
The ancillary state registers are only present on 64-bit
.Sy SPARCv9
-processes. They contain information that is specific to the platform and
-are not included in the information obtained through functions such as
+processes.
+They contain information that is specific to the platform and are not included
+in the information obtained through functions such as
.Xr Plwp_getregs 3PROC ,
.Xr Plwp_getfpregs 3PROC ,
and
.Xr Plwp_getxregs 3PROC .
.Pp
-The Plwp_getasrs
+The
+.Fn Plwp_getasrs
function reads the ancillary registers into
.Fa asrs ,
while the
@@ -62,7 +64,8 @@ sets the thread's ancillary registers to the values provided by
.Fa asrs .
.Pp
Processes should be stopped prior to obtaining the register state of
-individual threads. Processes may be stopped with
+individual threads.
+Processes may be stopped with
.Xr Pstop 3PROC .
.Pp
The
@@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ and
.Fn Plwp_setasrs
functions return
.Sy 0
-and get or set the register state. Otherwise,
+and get or set the register state.
+Otherwise,
.Sy -1
is returned and
.Sy errno