s/parameter/argument/ when talking about the things given

[thirdparty/man-pages.git] / man3 / fmtmsg.3

diff --git a/man3/fmtmsg.3 b/man3/fmtmsg.3
index 5ab94ea0902f4a39401fcb21dfc6b6a998d63489..7bc2ee8fd346240fc968f78edcacf2f5a1e3adc1 100644 (file)
--- a/man3/fmtmsg.3
+++ b/man3/fmtmsg.3
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ fmtmsg \- print formatted error messages
 .BI "           const char *" action ", const char *" tag );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-This function displays a message described by its parameters on the device(s)
+This function displays a message described by its arguments on the device(s)
 specified in the
 .I classification
-parameter.
+argument.
 For messages written to
 .IR stderr ,
 the format depends on the
@@ -32,29 +32,29 @@ environment variable.
 .LP
 The
 .I label
-parameter identifies the source of the message.
+argument identifies the source of the message.
 The string must consist
 of two colon separated parts where the first part has not more
 than 10 and the second part not more than 14 characters.
 .LP
 The
 .I text
-parameter describes the condition of the error.
+argument describes the condition of the error.
 .LP
 The
 .I action
-parameter describes possible steps to recover from the error.
+argument describes possible steps to recover from the error.
 If it is printed, it is prefixed by "TO FIX: ".
 .LP
 The
 .I tag
-parameter is a reference to the online documentation where more
+argument is a reference to the online documentation where more
 information can be found.
 It should contain the
 .I label
 value and a unique identification number.
-.SS "Dummy parameters"
-Each of the parameters can have a dummy value.
+.SS "Dummy arguments"
+Each of the arguments can have a dummy value.
 The dummy classification value
 .B MM_NULLMC
 (0L) does not specify any output, so nothing is printed.
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ the empty string, and
 .B MM_NULLSEV
 is a synonym for
 .BR NO_SEV .
-.SS "The classification parameter"
+.SS "The classification argument"
 The
 .I classification
-parameter is the sum of values describing 4 types of information.
+argument is the sum of values describing 4 types of information.
 .br
 .sp
 The first value defines the output channel.
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ It is a recoverable error.
 .TP
 .B MM_NRECOV
 It is a non-recoverable error.
-.SS "The severity parameter"
+.SS "The severity argument"
 The
 .I severity
-parameter can take one of the following values:
+argument can take one of the following values:
 .TP 12n
 .B MM_NOSEV
 No severity is printed.
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ The severity-keyword part is not used by
 but it has to be present.
 The level part is a string representation of a number.
 The numeric value must be a number greater than 4.
-This value must be used in the severity parameter of
+This value must be used in the severity argument of
 .BR fmtmsg ()
 to select this class.
 It is not possible to overwrite