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diff --git a/man3/putenv.3 b/man3/putenv.3
index 041f1478c76f333e0b45f548514507a089d4cd28..8a8c22cdedc3687c6d399d9d8a6b20bb88846b41 100644 (file)
--- a/man3/putenv.3
+++ b/man3/putenv.3
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
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@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ putenv \- change or add an environment variable
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fBputenv\fP() function adds or changes the value of environment
-variables.  The argument \fIstring\fP is of the form \fIname\fP=\fIvalue\fP.
-If \fIname\fP does not already exist in the environment, then 
-\fIstring\fP is added to the environment.  If \fIname\fP does exist,
-then the value of \fIname\fP in the environment is changed to 
+variables.
+The argument \fIstring\fP is of the form \fIname\fP=\fIvalue\fP.
+If \fIname\fP does not already exist in the environment, then
+\fIstring\fP is added to the environment.
+If \fIname\fP does exist,
+then the value of \fIname\fP in the environment is changed to
 \fIvalue\fP.
 The string pointed to by \fIstring\fP becomes part of the environment,
 so altering the string changes the environment.
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@ and does not contain an `=' character, then the variable \fIname\fP
 is removed from the environment.
 If \fBputenv\fP() has to allocate a new array \fIenviron\fP,
 and the previous array was also allocated by \fBputenv\fP(),
-then it will be freed. In no case will the old storage associated
+then it will be freed.
+In no case will the old storage associated
 to the environment variable itself be freed.
 .LP
 The libc4 and libc5 and glibc 2.1.2 versions conform to SUSv2:
@@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ as the argument, then return from the calling function while \fIstring\fP
 is still part of the environment.)
 However, glibc 2.0-2.1.1 differs: a copy of the string is used.
 On the one hand this causes a memory leak, and on the other hand
-it violates SUSv2. This has been fixed in glibc2.1.2.
+it violates SUSv2.
+This has been fixed in glibc2.1.2.
 .LP
 The 4.4BSD version, like glibc 2.0, uses a copy.
 .LP