11 files changed, 23 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_ACCESS.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_ACCESS.9
index 090b51af045b..a72a7993b8e9 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_ACCESS.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_ACCESS.9
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ vop_access(struct vnode *vp, int mode, struct ucred *cred, struct thread *td)
 .It Bq Er EPERM
 An attempt was made to change an immutable file.
 .It Bq Er EACCES
-Permission denied
+The permission bits the file mode or the ACL do not permit the
+requested access.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr vaccess 9 ,
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_ACLCHECK.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_ACLCHECK.9
index ff9de9e2f131..4e3f254fbb2c 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_ACLCHECK.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_ACLCHECK.9
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ then zero is returned.  Otherwise, an appropriate error code is returned.
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 The ACL type passed is invalid for this vnode, or the ACL data is invalid.
 .It Bq Er EACCES
-Permission denied
+The file or directory ACL does not permit access.
 .It Bq Er ENOMEM
-Insufficient memory available to fulfill request
+Sufficient memory is not available to fulfill the request.
 .It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
 The filesystem does not support
 .Fn VOP_ACLCHECK .
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_ATTRIB.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_ATTRIB.9
index 774294788c37..1f77e8286c44 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_ATTRIB.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_ATTRIB.9
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ vop_setattr(struct vnode *vp, struct vattr *vap,
 .It Bq Er EPERM
 The file is immutable.
 .It Bq Er EACCES
-Permission denied
+The caller does not have permission to modify the file or directory attributes.
 .It Bq Er EROFS
 The filesystem is read-only.
 .El
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_CREATE.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_CREATE.9
index 026d9949332f..1223daea4b76 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_CREATE.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_CREATE.9
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ bad:
 .It Bq Er ENOSPC
 The filesystem is full.
 .It Bq Er EDQUOT
-Quota exceeded.
+The user's filesystem space or inode quota would be exceeded.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr VOP_LOOKUP 9
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_GETACL.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_GETACL.9
index 282c2f28eca9..47b2a81962ba 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_GETACL.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_GETACL.9
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ an appropriate error code is returned.
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 The ACL type passed is invalid for this vnode.
 .It Bq Er EACCES
-Permission denied
+The the caller does not have the appropriate privilege.
 .It Bq Er ENOMEM
-Insufficient memory available to fulfill request
+Sufficient memory is not available to fulfill the request.
 .It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
 The filesystem does not support
 .Fn VOP_GETACL .
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_GETEXTATTR.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_GETEXTATTR.9
index bb7c423a099b..2cd3ce6cc899 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_GETEXTATTR.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_GETEXTATTR.9
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ reflect data read.  Otherwise, an appropriate error code is returned.
 .It Bq Er ENOENT
 The attribute name is not defined for this vnode.
 .It Bq Er EACCES
-Permission denied
+The the caller does not have the appropriate privilege.
 .It Bq Er ENXIO
 The request was not valid in this filesystem for the specified vnode and
 attribute name.
 .It Bq Er ENOMEM
-Insufficient memory available to fulfill request
+Sufficient memory is not available to fulfill the request.
 .It Bq Er EFAULT
 The uio structure refers to an invalid userspace address.
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_READDIR.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_READDIR.9
index 2647dee95014..fe0a1a6ba46b 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_READDIR.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_READDIR.9
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ vop_readdir(struct vnode *vp, struct uio *uio, struct ucred *cred,
 .Sh ERRORS
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
-attempt to read from an illegal offset in the directory
+An attempt was made to read from an illegal offset in the directory.
 .It Bq Er EIO
 A read error occurred while reading the directory.
 .El
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_REMOVE.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_REMOVE.9
index e03899ad7273..89644570be95 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_REMOVE.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_REMOVE.9
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ vop_remove(struct vnode *dvp, struct vnode *vp, struct componentname *cnp)
 .It Bq Er EPERM
 The file is immutable.
 .It Bq Er ENOTEMPTY
-attempt to remove a directory which is not empty
+An attempt was made to remove a directory which is not empty.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr vnode 9 ,
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_RENAME.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_RENAME.9
index 6a5c9ba87c45..2424e1323477 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_RENAME.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_RENAME.9
@@ -295,13 +295,17 @@ out:
 .It Bq Er EPERM
 The file is immutable.
 .It Bq Er EXDEV
-cross device move
+It is not possible to rename a file between different file systems.
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
-illegal directory rename
+An attempt was made to rename
+.Ql .\& 
+or
+.Ql \&.. ,
+or a perform an operation which would break the directory tree structure.
 .It Bq Er ENOTDIR
-attempt to rename a directory to a file or vice versa
+An attempt was made to rename a directory to a file or vice versa.
 .It Bq Er ENOTEMPTY
-attempt to remove a directory which is not empty
+An attempt was made to remove a directory which is not empty.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr vnode 9
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_SETACL.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_SETACL.9
index b7591f2994ed..5fd76bc2322d 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_SETACL.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_SETACL.9
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ appropriate error code is returned.
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 The ACL type passed is invalid for this vnode, or the ACL data is invalid.
 .It Bq Er EACCES
-Permission denied
+The the caller does not have the appropriate privilege.
 .It Bq Er ENOMEM
-Insufficient memory available to fulfill request
+Sufficient memory is not available to fulfill the request.
 .It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
 The filesystem does not support
 .Fn VOP_SETACL .
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VOP_SETEXTATTR.9 b/share/man/man9/VOP_SETEXTATTR.9
index 2ff01c4b70fa..9269552c5bd2 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VOP_SETEXTATTR.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VOP_SETEXTATTR.9
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Otherwise, an appropriate error code is returned.
 .Sh ERRORS
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er EACCES
-Permission denied
+The the caller does not have the appropriate privilege.
 .It Bq Er ENXIO
 The request was not valid in this filesystem for the specified vnode and
 attribute name.