5 files changed, 27 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sem_destroy.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sem_destroy.3
index c79b55818c69..9b88b02fbfb6 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sem_destroy.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sem_destroy.3
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ is unusable until re-initialized by another call to
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std sem_destroy
 .Sh ERRORS
+The
 .Fn sem_destroy
-will fail if:
+function will fail if:
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 .Fa sem
@@ -66,8 +67,9 @@ points to.
 .Xr sem_init 3 ,
 .Xr sem 4
 .Sh STANDARDS
+The
 .Fn sem_destroy
-conforms to
+function conforms to
 .St -p1003.1-96 .
 .Pp
 POSIX does not define the behavior of
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sem_getvalue.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sem_getvalue.3
index 9517ffb39509..694ced41162f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sem_getvalue.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sem_getvalue.3
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ is actually run.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std sem_getvalue
 .Sh ERRORS
+The
 .Fn sem_getvalue
-will fail if:
+function will fail if:
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 .Fa sem
@@ -64,8 +65,9 @@ points to an invalid semaphore.
 .Xr sem_wait 3 ,
 .Xr sem 4
 .Sh STANDARDS
+The
 .Fn sem_getvalue
-conforms to
+function conforms to
 .St -p1003.1-96 .
 .Pp
 The value of the semaphore is never negative, even if there are threads blocked
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sem_init.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sem_init.3
index f9eec780282d..46394b48a995 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sem_init.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sem_init.3
@@ -54,19 +54,21 @@ Following a successful call to
 .Fn sem_init ,
 .Fa sem
 can be used as an argument in subsequent calls to
-.Fa sem_wait ,
-.Fa sem_trywait ,
-.Fa sem_post ,
+.Xr sem_wait 3 ,
+.Xr sem_trywait 3 ,
+.Xr sem_post 3 ,
 and
-.Fa sem_destroy .
+.Xr sem_destroy 3 .
+The
 .Fa sem
-is no longer valid after a successful call to
-.Fa sem_destroy .
+argument is no longer valid after a successful call to
+.Xr sem_destroy 3 .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std sem_init
 .Sh ERRORS
+The
 .Fn sem_init
-will fail if:
+function will fail if:
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 .Fa value
@@ -83,8 +85,9 @@ Unable to initialize a shared semaphore.
 .Xr sem_wait 3 ,
 .Xr sem 4
 .Sh STANDARDS
+The
 .Fn sem_init
-conforms to
+function conforms to
 .St -p1003.1-96 .
 .Pp
 This implementation does not support shared semaphores, and reports this fact
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sem_wait.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sem_wait.3
index 84a17b3a4d43..735061ebc86c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sem_wait.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sem_wait.3
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ an error is returned.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std
 .Sh ERRORS
+The
 .Fn sem_wait
 and
 .Fn sem_trywait
-will fail if:
+functions will fail if:
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 .Fa sem
@@ -80,8 +81,9 @@ The semaphore value was zero, and thus could not be decremented.
 .Xr sem_post 3 ,
 .Xr sem 4
 .Sh STANDARDS
+The
 .Fn sem_wait
 and
 .Fn sem_trywait
-conform to
+functions conform to
 .St -p1003.1-96 .
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sigwait.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sigwait.2
index e20595eaa94f..3ff8a5299876 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/sigwait.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/sigwait.2
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ returns 0 and sets the location pointed to by
 to the cleared signal number.
 Otherwise, an error number is returned.
 .Sh ERRORS
+The
 .Fn sigwait
-will fail if:
+function will fail if:
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 .Fa set
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ specifies one or more invalid signal numbers.
 .Xr pause 3 ,
 .Xr pthread_sigmask 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
+The
 .Fn sigwait
-conforms to
+function conforms to
 .St -p1003.1-96