1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/string/strdup.3 b/src/lib/libc/string/strdup.3
index 6abbba57cb..73c144d6e4 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/string/strdup.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/string/strdup.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: strdup.3,v 1.6 1998/08/19 05:51:14 pjanzen Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: strdup.3,v 1.7 1999/06/04 19:14:56 aaron Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
 .\"     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -42,20 +42,32 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Fd #include <string.h>
 .Ft char *
-.Fn strdup "const char *str"
+.Fn strdup "const char *s"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn strdup
 function
 allocates sufficient memory for a copy
 of the string
-.Fa str ,
+.Fa s ,
 does the copy, and returns a pointer to it.
 The pointer may subsequently be used as an
 argument to the function
 .Xr free 3 .
 .Pp
-If insufficient memory is available, NULL is returned.
+If insufficient memory is available,
+.Dv NULL
+is returned.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following will point
+.Va p
+to an allocated area of memory containing the null-terminated string
+.Qq foobar :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+char *p;
+
+p = strdup("foobar");
+.Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr free 3 ,
 .Xr malloc 3 ,