ld.so.8: Minor rewordings to ease readability

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

diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index 2bee270dd8ac9d89573e21dfbee5efe7e0b79dba..b1eb0fd4429aa709fdb10394f20a857fc75cdf2e 100644 (file)
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -33,17 +33,17 @@ during compilation.
 .PP
 The program
 .B ld.so
-handles a.out binaries, a format used long ago;
+handles a.out binaries, a binary format used long ago.
+The program
 .B ld\-linux.so*
 (\fI/lib/ld\-linux.so.1\fP for libc5, \fI/lib/ld\-linux.so.2\fP for glibc2)
-handles ELF,
-which everybody has been using for years now.
-Otherwise, both have the same behavior, and use the same
-support files and programs as
-.BR ldd (1),
+handles binaries that are in the more modern ELF format.
+Both programs have the same behavior, and use the same
+support files and programs
+.RB ( ldd (1),
 .BR ldconfig (8),
 and
-.IR /etc/ld.so.conf .
+.IR /etc/ld.so.conf ).
 .PP
 When resolving shared object dependencies,
 the dynamic linker first inspects each dependency