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diff --git a/man3/list.3 b/man3/list.3
index 6252aaf6a7434c891e11cc1df234060ecd64ffee..4c36b08465a8ec29e04ea0d5e88e0881edaa1b06 100644 (file)
--- a/man3/list.3
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@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 .Nm LIST_REMOVE ,
 .\" .Nm LIST_SWAP ,
 .SH SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/queue.h
+.\"
 .Fn LIST_EMPTY "LIST_HEAD *head"
 .Fn LIST_ENTRY "TYPE"
 .Fn LIST_FIRST "LIST_HEAD *head"
@@ -68,6 +70,18 @@
 .\" .Fn LIST_SWAP "LIST_HEAD *head1" "LIST_HEAD *head2" "TYPE" "LIST_ENTRY NAME"
 .\"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+In the macro definitions,
+.Fa TYPE
+is the name of a user defined structure,
+that must contain a field of type
+.Li LIST_ENTRY ,
+named
+.Fa NAME .
+The argument
+.Fa HEADNAME
+is the name of a user defined structure that must be declared
+using the macro
+.Li LIST_HEAD .
 .Ss Lists
 A list is headed by a structure defined by the
 .Nm LIST_HEAD
@@ -215,10 +229,12 @@ from the list.
 .\" .Fa head1
 .\" and
 .\" .Fa head2 .
-.Pp
-See the EXAMPLES section below for an example program using a linked list.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 .SH CONFORMING TO
+Not in POSIX.1, POSIX.1-2001 or POSIX.1-2008.
+Present on the BSDs
+(LIST macros first appeared in
+.Bx 4.4 ).
 .SH BUGS
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .Ss List example