proc.5: wfix + tfix

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

diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 767ade823361ea8332302e827f0561add2370b5b..aa77a4774d52aca44f751034727c1617c1c20d30 100644 (file)
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -3304,14 +3304,14 @@ the \fI/proc\fP filesystem, and the (deprecated)
 .BR sysctl (2)
 system call.
 
-String values may be terminated by either of \'\\0\' or \'\\n\'.
+String values may be terminated by either \(aq\\0\(aq or \(aq\\n\(aq.
 
 Integer and long values may be written either in decimal or in
 hexadecimal notation (e.g. 0x3FFF).
-When writing multiple integer or long values these may be separated
-by either of the following whitespace characters:
-\' \', \'\\t\', or \'\\n\'.
-Using other separators leads to an error
+When writing multiple integer or long values, these may be separated
+by any of the following whitespace characters:
+\(aq\ \(aq, \(aq\\t\(aq, or \(aq\\n\(aq.
+Using other separators leads to the error
 .BR EINVAL .
 .TP
 .IR /proc/sys/abi " (since Linux 2.4.10)"