[PATCH 01/16] man/ncurses.3x: Favor active voice over passive.

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.ncurses.bugs
Message-ID <20260815121928.5wo2q6rku3a56cox@illithid>
---
 man/ncurses.3x | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index 21799fdd2..8a34536a0 100644
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -1108,8 +1108,10 @@ .SH RETURN VALUE
 see \fB\%curs_variables\fP(3X).
 Functions that return pointers return a null pointer on failure.
 Typically,
+an
 .I \%ncurses
-treats a null pointer passed as a function parameter as a failure.
+function expecting a pointer argument
+fails if passed a null pointer.
 Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
 fail if the position
 .RI ( y ","
-- 
2.30.2
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