From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 18:17:14 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man/man3/scalb*.3: NAME: Document the meaning of the name of these functions
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man/man3/scalb*.3: NAME: Document the meaning of the name of these functions

Cc: Alex Celeste <alexg.nvfp@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Jorenar <dev@jorenar.com>
Suggested-by: "Fred J. Tydeman" <tydeman@tybor.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/man/man3/scalb.3 b/man/man3/scalb.3
index 964817408..6968931ba 100644
--- a/man/man3/scalb.3
+++ b/man/man3/scalb.3
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 .\"
 .TH scalb 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
 .SH NAME
-scalb, scalbf, scalbl \- multiply floating-point number
-by integral power of radix (OBSOLETE)
+scalb, scalbf, scalbl
+\-
+scale by an integer power of radix (OBSOLETE)
 .SH LIBRARY
 Math library
 .RI ( libm ,\~ \-lm )
diff --git a/man/man3/scalbln.3 b/man/man3/scalbln.3
index 7b1b8c384..e14c1be25 100644
--- a/man/man3/scalbln.3
+++ b/man/man3/scalbln.3
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 .TH scalbln 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
 .SH NAME
 scalbn, scalbnf, scalbnl, scalbln, scalblnf, scalblnl \-
-multiply floating-point number by integral power of radix
+scale by an integer power of radix
 .SH LIBRARY
 Math library
 .RI ( libm ,\~ \-lm )