From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 04:48:03 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: list.3: Minor tweak's to Alex's text
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list.3: Minor tweak's to Alex's text

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man3/list.3 b/man3/list.3
index bff952caee..8ad35739a5 100644
--- a/man3/list.3
+++ b/man3/list.3
@@ -283,11 +283,10 @@ to be removed or freed within the loop,
 as it would interfere with the traversal.
 The macro
 .BR LIST_FOREACH_SAFE (),
-which is not present in glibc,
-solves this bug by
-allowing to both remove
+which is present on the BSDs but is not present in glibc,
+fixes this limitation by allowing
 .I var
-as well as free it from within the loop safely
+to safely be removed from the list and freed from within the loop
 without interfering with the traversal.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .EX