Minor changes after suggestions from Robert Love.

diff --git a/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 b/man2/inotify_add_watch.2
index 4d2ef82fac4c0ad6f860a6b1e810c12a017319b2..24565c44d00b959b5a57f196aa4346f7131edfcd 100644 (file)
--- a/man2/inotify_add_watch.2
+++ b/man2/inotify_add_watch.2
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ for this inotify instance.
 If 
 .I path
 was not previously being watched by this inotify instance,
-then this is new unique watch descriptor.
+then the watch descriptor is newly allocated, 
+with a number that is unique for this inotify instance.
 If
 .I path
 was already being watched, then the descriptor

diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index 983df146af189b9951f8d9acc6c8f8d3eaafab18..2a715202a4dd2051a1ffe8188535f7976a027104 100644 (file)
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ The following system calls are used with this API:
 .BR inotify_init (),
 .BR inotify_add_watch (),
 .BR read (),
-and
 .BR inotify_rm_watch (),
 and 
 .BR close ().
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ field is only present when an event is returned
 for a file inside a watched directory; 
 it identifies the file pathname relative to the watched directory.
 This pathname is null-terminated, 
-and may include further null bytes for alignment to a 
+and may include further null bytes to align subsequent reads to a
 suitable address boundary.
 
 The