svn commit: r241173 - stable/9/lib/libc/string

[Eitan Adler]

Author: eadler
Date: Thu Oct  4 01:33:48 2012
New Revision: 241173
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/241173

Log:
  MFC r241062:
  	clarify the wording for 'first' and 'last'
  
  Approved by:	cperciva (implicit)

Modified:
  stable/9/lib/libc/string/ffs.3
Directory Properties:
  stable/9/lib/libc/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/9/lib/libc/string/ffs.3
==============================================================================
--- stable/9/lib/libc/string/ffs.3	Thu Oct  4 01:33:48 2012	(r241172)
+++ stable/9/lib/libc/string/ffs.3	Thu Oct  4 01:33:48 2012	(r241173)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)ffs.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 3, 2011
+.Dd September 29, 2012
 .Dt FFS 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ The
 .Fn ffsl
 and
 .Fn ffsll
-functions find the first bit set
-(beginning with the least significant bit)
+functions find the first (least significant) bit set
 in
 .Fa value
 and return the index of that bit.
@@ -74,11 +73,11 @@ The
 .Fn flsl
 and
 .Fn flsll
-functions find the last bit set in
+functions find the last (most significant) bit set in
 .Fa value
 and return the index of that bit.
 .Pp
-Bits are numbered starting at 1 (the least significant bit).
+Bits are numbered starting at 1, the least significant bit.
 A return value of zero from any of these functions means that the
 argument was zero.
 .Sh SEE ALSO