trunc.3: Make the description a little clearer

The double negative is a little confusing, but required. But try
to make the semantics a little clearer in the wording (which is
now closer to the wording in the C standard).

Reported-by: Eric Benton <erbenton@comcast.net>
Reported-by: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man3/trunc.3 b/man3/trunc.3
index c1f5210f202be2adb443b7bfc510be08bd646aa7..a90e8edc8be3c712835e5c2942578a77d26b8571 100644 (file)
--- a/man3/trunc.3
+++ b/man3/trunc.3
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 These functions round
 .I x
-to the nearest integer
-not larger in absolute value.
+to the nearest integer value that is not larger in magnitude than
+.IR x .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 These functions return the rounded integer value, in floating format.
 .PP