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diff --git a/man3/unlockpt.3 b/man3/unlockpt.3 index 26333ef6d3..c3d67f4a2c 100644 --- a/man3/unlockpt.3 +++ b/man3/unlockpt.3 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" .TH UNLOCKPT 3 2017-07-13 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -unlockpt \- unlock a pseudoterminal master/slave pair +unlockpt \- unlock a pseudoterminal device pair .SH SYNOPSIS .B #define _XOPEN_SOURCE .br @@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ Glibc 2.23 and earlier: .SH DESCRIPTION The .BR unlockpt () -function unlocks the slave pseudoterminal device -corresponding to the master pseudoterminal referred to by the file descriptor +function unlocks the terminal device +corresponding to the pseudoterminal device referred to by the file descriptor .IR fd . .PP .BR unlockpt () -should be called before opening the slave side of a pseudoterminal. +should be called before opening the terminal end of +a pseudoterminal device pair. .SH RETURN VALUE When successful, .BR unlockpt () @@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ argument is not a file descriptor open for writing. .B EINVAL The .I fd -argument is not associated with a master pseudoterminal. +argument is not associated with a pseudoterminal device. .SH VERSIONS .BR unlockpt () is provided in glibc since version 2.1. |