From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 09:08:19 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: sync.2: Minor fixes
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sync.2: Minor fixes

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man2/sync.2 b/man2/sync.2
index a6ba597a42..201ebdf304 100644
--- a/man2/sync.2
+++ b/man2/sync.2
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ is not a valid file descriptor.
 .B EIO
 An error occurred during synchronization.
 This error may relate to data written to any file on the filesystem, or on
-metadata related to the filesytem itself.
+metadata related to the filesystem itself.
 .TP
 .B ENOSPC
 Disk space was exhausted while synchronizing.
@@ -129,12 +129,15 @@ always returned 0.
 According to the standard specification (e.g., POSIX.1-2001),
 .BR sync ()
 schedules the writes, but may return before the actual
-writing is done.  However Linux waits for I/O completions,
+writing is done.
+However Linux waits for I/O completions,
 and thus
 .BR sync ()
 or
 .BR syncfs ()
-provide the same guarantees as fsync called on every file in
+provide the same guarantees as
+.BR fsync ()
+called on every file in
 the system or filesystem respectively.
 .PP
 In mainline kernel versions prior to 5.8,