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--- a/man3/fread.3
+++ b/man3/fread.3
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@
 .\" Modified Thu Apr 20 20:43:53 1995 by Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
 .\" Modified Fri May 17 10:21:51 1996 by Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>
 .\"
-.TH FREAD 3  2012-03-30 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH FREAD 3  2015-07-23 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 fread, fwrite \- binary stream input/output
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .B #include <stdio.h>
-.sp
+.PP
 .BI "size_t fread(void *" ptr ", size_t " size ", size_t " nmemb \
 ", FILE *" stream );
-.sp
+.PP
 .BI "size_t fwrite(const void *" ptr ", size_t " size ", size_t " nmemb ,
 .BI "              FILE *" stream );
 .fi
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The function
 .BR fread ()
 reads
 .I nmemb
-elements of data, each
+items of data, each
 .I size
 bytes long, from the stream pointed to by
 .IR stream ,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The function
 .BR fwrite ()
 writes
 .I nmemb
-elements of data, each
+items of data, each
 .I size
 bytes long, to the stream pointed to by
 .IR stream ,
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ On success,
 .BR fread ()
 and
 .BR fwrite ()
-return the number of
-.I items
-read or written.
+return the number of items read or written.
 This number equals the number of bytes transferred only when
 .I size
 is 1.
@@ -100,8 +98,21 @@ does not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and callers must use
 and
 .BR ferror (3)
 to determine which occurred.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbw17 lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface      Attribute       Value
+T{
+.BR fread (),
+.BR fwrite ()
+T}     Thread safety   MT-Safe
+.TE
 .SH CONFORMING TO
-C89, POSIX.1-2001.
+POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR read (2),
 .BR write (2),