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-rw-r--r--sys/man/2/9p12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/2/9p b/sys/man/2/9p
index dcff3e44a..2fbd944e6 100644
--- a/sys/man/2/9p
+++ b/sys/man/2/9p
@@ -363,13 +363,13 @@ block, arranging for alternate processes
to handle them is suggested.
.PP
.I Srvrelease
-detaches the calling process from the server loop and
-if neccesary spawns a new process to handle 9p requests.
-When released, the process is free to do blocking work
-or even exit because it now running in parallel to the
-server loop.
+temporarily releases the calling process from the server
+loop and if neccesary spawns a new process to handle 9p
+requests. When released, the process can do blocking work
+that would otherwise halt processing of 9p requests.
.I Srvacquire
-joins the calling (released) process with the server loop.
+rejoins the calling process with the server loop after
+a srvrelease.
.PP
The constraints on the service functions are as follows.
These constraints are checked while the server executes.