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Author: eadler
Date: Sun Sep 30 03:25:04 2012
New Revision: 241062
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/241062

Log:
  clarify the wording for 'first' and 'last'
  
  Approved by:	wblock
  MFC after:	3 days

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/string/ffs.3

Modified: head/lib/libc/string/ffs.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/string/ffs.3	Sun Sep 30 03:21:21 2012	(r241061)
+++ head/lib/libc/string/ffs.3	Sun Sep 30 03:25:04 2012	(r241062)
@@ -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