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4176 tolower(3c) refers to nonexistent _tolower(3c)
Reviewed by: Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
Reviewed by: Josef Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net>

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
        int tolower_l(int c, locale_t loc);
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
-       The tolower() function has as a domain a type int, the value of which
+       The tolower() function has as a domain of type int, the value of which
        is representable as an unsigned char or the value of EOF. If the
        argument has any other value, the argument is returned unchanged. If
        the argument of tolower() represents an upper-case letter, and there
        exists a corresponding lower-case letter (as defined by character type
        information in the locale category LC_CTYPE),  the result is the

@@ -25,10 +25,15 @@
 
        The function tolower_l() behaves identically to tolower(), except
        instead of operating in the current locale, it operates in the locale
        specified by loc.
 
+       A macro form, _tolower() exists. It is defined for standards
+       conformance, particularly with legacy standards. It was deprecated in
+       POSIX 2008 (Issue 7), and its use is discouraged. The macro, on this
+       system, is just an alias for tolower().
+
 RETURN VALUES
        On successful completion, tolower() returns the lower-case letter
        corresponding to the argument passed. Otherwise, it returns the
        argument unchanged.
 

@@ -47,11 +52,11 @@
        +--------------------+-----------------+
        |MT-Level            | MT-Safe         |
        +--------------------+-----------------+
 
 SEE ALSO
-       _tolower(3C), newlocale(3C), setlocale(3C), uselocale(3C),
-       attributes(5), standards(5)
+       newlocale(3C), setlocale(3C), uselocale(3C), attributes(5),
+       standards(5)
 
 
 
-                                 June 21, 2014                     TOLOWER(3C)
+                                October 4, 2015                    TOLOWER(3C)