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Date:      Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:07:40 -0000
From:      Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r346565 - head/lib/libc/stdlib
Message-ID:  <201904221626.x3MGQeOx006173@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: cem
Date: Mon Apr 22 16:26:39 2019
New Revision: 346565
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/346565

Log:
  rand.3: Match better recommendation language from random.3
  
  Sponsored by:	Dell EMC Isilon

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3

Modified: head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3	Mon Apr 22 15:44:21 2019	(r346564)
+++ head/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3	Mon Apr 22 16:26:39 2019	(r346565)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)rand.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 2, 2013
+.Dd April 22, 2019
 .Dt RAND 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 .Bf -symbolic
 The functions described in this manual page are not cryptographically
 secure.
-Cryptographic applications should use
+Applications which require unpredictable random numbers should use
 .Xr arc4random 3
 instead.
 .Ef





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