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diff --git a/man3/ecvt.3 b/man3/ecvt.3
index bdb887718a59914214d54331b38dd01c17f9a6ae..ab3edc2df154045e50929d466614a9e010ea27a7 100644 (file)
--- a/man3/ecvt.3
+++ b/man3/ecvt.3
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ is zero.
 The low order digit is rounded.
 The string itself does not contain a decimal point; however,
 the position of the decimal point relative to the start of the string
-is stored in *\fIdecpt\fP.
-A negative value for *\fIdecpt\fP means that
+is stored in \fI*decpt\fP.
+A negative value for \fI*decpt\fP means that
 the decimal point is to the left of the start of the string.
 If the sign of
-\fInumber\fP is negative, *\fIsign\fP is set to a non-zero value,
+\fInumber\fP is negative, \fI*sign\fP is set to a non-zero value,
 otherwise it is set to 0.
 If
 .I number
-is zero, it is unspecified whether *\fIdecpt\fP is 0 or 1.
+is zero, it is unspecified whether \fI*decpt\fP is 0 or 1.
 .PP
 The
 .BR fcvt ()

diff --git a/man3/flockfile.3 b/man3/flockfile.3
index 8e517ba5d9d2a70d5644748049e5282c90684b9f..dfd64253cdbad87b576f093afd499896d2b75aff 100644 (file)
--- a/man3/flockfile.3
+++ b/man3/flockfile.3
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ and
 .LP
 The
 .BR flockfile ()
-function waits for *\fIfilehandle\fP to be
+function waits for \fI*filehandle\fP to be
 no longer locked by a different thread, then makes the
-current thread owner of *\fIfilehandle\fP, and increments
+current thread owner of \fI*filehandle\fP, and increments
 the lockcount.
 .LP
 The
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function is a non-blocking version
 of
 .BR flockfile ().
 It does nothing in case some other thread
-owns *\fIfilehandle\fP, and it obtains ownership and increments
+owns \fI*filehandle\fP, and it obtains ownership and increments
 the lockcount otherwise.
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 The