prctl.2: Soften Dave Martin's warning about the use of prctl()

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index 7e78fc3c11fda958d6a43571fb6d3124a33e2dd3..4e2d67345366c8199c357035655f7aa592c086a1 100644 (file)
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ prctl \- operations on a process or thread
 manipulates various aspects of the behavior
 of the calling thread or process.
 .PP
-Note that careless use of
+Note that careless use of some
 .BR prctl ()
-can confuse the user-space run-time environment,
-so these operations should be used with care (if at all).
+operations can confuse the user-space run-time environment,
+so these operations should be used with care.
 .PP
 .BR prctl ()
 is called with a first argument describing what to do