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diff --git a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
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@@ -586,16 +586,16 @@ environment variable.")
"This is a standalone implementation of fortify source. It provides
compile time buffer checks. It is libc-agnostic and simply overlays the
system headers by using the @code{#include_next} extension found in GCC. It was
-initially intended to be used on musl based Linux distributions.
+initially intended to be used on musl-based Linux distributions.
@itemize
@item It is portable, works on *BSD, Linux, Solaris and possibly others.
@item It will only trap non-conformant programs. This means that fortify
level 2 is treated in the same way as level 1.
@item Avoids making function calls when undefined behaviour has already been
- invoked. This is handled by using __builtin_trap().
-@item Support for out-of-bounds read interfaces, such as send(), write(),
- fwrite() etc.
+ invoked. This is handled by using @code{__builtin_trap()}.
+@item Support for out-of-bounds read interfaces, such as @code{send()},
+ @code{write()}, @code{fwrite()}, etc.
@item No ABI is enforced. All of the fortify check functions are inlined
into the resulting binary.
@end itemize\n")