[src/trunk]: src/lib/libc/gen a clarification, an a formatting nit.

[christos <christos%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/6c81100eb169
branches:  trunk
changeset: 778806:6c81100eb169
user:      christos <christos%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Apr 14 02:01:12 2012 +0000

description:
a clarification, an a formatting nit.

diffstat:

 lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 |  8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diffs (35 lines):

diff -r 1c0b3b4e502f -r 6c81100eb169 lib/libc/gen/getpass.3
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3    Sat Apr 14 01:34:37 2012 +0000
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3    Sat Apr 14 02:01:12 2012 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: getpass.3,v 1.20 2012/04/14 01:33:43 christos Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: getpass.3,v 1.21 2012/04/14 02:01:12 christos Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 is controlled by the
 .Fa flags
 argument:
-.Bl -tag -width GETPASS_BUF_LIMIT
+.Bl -tag -width GETPASS_FORCE_UPPER
 .It Dv GETPASS_NEED_TTY
 Fail if we are unable to set the tty modes like we want.
 .It Dv GETPASS_FAIL_EOF
@@ -133,13 +133,15 @@
 .It Dv GETPASS_FORCE_UPPER
 Upcase each entered character.
 .El
+.Pp
 Finally if the
 .Fa timeout
 argument is non zero,
 .Fn getpassfd
 will wait for
 .Fa timeout
-seconds for input after each character before returning an error.
+seconds for input after each character before returning an error, instead of
+waiting forever.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
 .Fn getpass