From 244553b30f13f0f3b31f4f945e974c56c8be85f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pedro <>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:49:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix 'double by a factor of two' and make cache options a bit
 more descriptive while at it, input and okay jmc@

---
 src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index 11318d7c..e5bb1315 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.44 2006/04/02 18:22:14 otto Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.45 2006/06/06 14:49:26 pedro Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd August 27, 1996
 .Dt MALLOC 3
@@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ Fill some junk into the area allocated (see
 except for the exact length the user asked for, which is zeroed.
 .It Cm <
 .Dq Half the cache size .
-Reduce the size of the cache by a factor of two.
+Decrease the size of the free page cache by a factor of two.
 .It Cm >
 .Dq Double the cache size .
-Double the size of the cache by a factor of two.
+Increase the size of the free page cache by a factor of two.
 .El
 .Pp
 So to set a systemwide reduction of cache size and coredumps on problems:
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ flags are mostly for testing and debugging.
 If a program changes behavior if either of these options are used,
 it is buggy.
 .Pp
-The default cache size is 16 pages.
+The default number of free pages cached is 16.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
 .Fn malloc