1 files changed, 23 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pstopstatus.3proc b/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pstopstatus.3proc
index 12eeb3366f..8ce88fb7a4 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pstopstatus.3proc
+++ b/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pstopstatus.3proc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 .Nm Pstopstatus ,
 .Nm Pstop ,
 .Nm Pwait ,
-.Nm Ldstop
+.Nm Ldstop ,
 .Nm Lstop ,
 .Nm Lwait
 .Nd process and thread stop operations
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ The
 function allows the caller to stop and optionally wait for the process
 handle referred to by
 .Fa P
-to be stopped. Stopping a process causes all of its threads to stop
-execution. Where in their execution the threads will halt is not
-defined. Threads may be resumed with
+to be stopped.
+Stopping a process causes all of its threads to stop execution.
+Where in their execution the threads will halt is not defined.
+Threads may be resumed with
 .Xr Psetrun 3PROC
 and
 .Xr prun 1 .
@@ -76,8 +77,8 @@ argument should be one of the following symbols:
 .It Dv PCSTOP
 Stop the process; wait for completion before returning.
 .It Dv PCDSTOP
-Stop the process; do not wait for completion before returning. That
-is, the stopping of the process is performed asynchronously in
+Stop the process; do not wait for completion before returning.
+That is, the stopping of the process is performed asynchronously in
 relation to the caller.
 .It Dv PCWSTOP
 Do not direct the process to stop; simply wait for it to stop.
@@ -91,14 +92,17 @@ Both the
 and
 .Dv PCWSTOP
 requests allow an upper bound on the amount of time to wait for the
-process to stop. The
+process to stop.
+The
 .Fa msec
 argument indicates the number of milliseconds to wait for the stop to
-complete. If the value of
+complete.
+If the value of
 .Fa msec
 is
 .Sy 0 ,
-then it will wait forever. Callers should pass
+then it will wait forever.
+Callers should pass
 .Sy 0
 for
 .Fa msec
@@ -108,15 +112,17 @@ or
 .Dv PCNULL .
 .Pp
 When a non-zero timeout is specified, the process may or may not be
-stopped upon return. The return value does not reflect the current
-state of the process. For example, if the timeout expires during a
+stopped upon return.
+The return value does not reflect the current state of the process.
+For example, if the timeout expires during a
 .Fa PCWSTOP
 request, the return value will be
 .Sy 0
 regardless of the actual state of the process.
 .Pp
-Only active processes may be stopped. Handles that refer to core
-files, zombie processes, or files cannot be used; unless the value of
+Only active processes may be stopped.
+Handles that refer to core files, zombie processes, or files cannot be used;
+unless the value of
 .Fa request
 is set to
 .Dv PCNULL .
@@ -154,8 +160,8 @@ functions are equivalent to the
 .Fn Pstop ,
 and
 .Fn Pwait
-functions, respectively. Except, rather than operating on a process,
-they operate on the thread handle
+functions, respectively.
+Except, rather than operating on a process, they operate on the thread handle
 .Fa L .
 A call to
 .Fn Lstop
@@ -199,7 +205,8 @@ functions will fail if:
 .It Er EAGAIN
 Control over the handle
 .Fa P
-was lost. Callers should call
+was lost.
+Callers should call
 .Xr Preopen 3PROC .
 For more information on losing control, see
 .Sy PROGRAMMING NOTES