The .Fn function

The .Fa argument

lib/libkvm/kvm.3

@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ Memory can be read and written, kernel symbol addresses can be
 looked up efficiently, and information about user processes can
 be gathered.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn kvm_open
-is first called to obtain a descriptor for all subsequent calls.
+function is first called to obtain a descriptor for all subsequent calls.
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 The kvm interface was first introduced in SunOS.  A considerable
 number of programs have been developed that use this interface,

lib/libkvm/kvm_getfiles.3

@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@
 .Ft char *
 .Fn kvm_getfiles "kvm_t *kd" "int op" "int arg" "int *cnt"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
 .Fn kvm_getfiles
-returns a (sub-)set of the open files in the kernel indicated by
+function returns a (sub-)set of the open files in the kernel indicated by
 .Fa kd .
 The
 .Fa op
@@ -72,8 +73,9 @@ This memory is owned by kvm and is not guaranteed to be persistent across
 subsequent kvm library calls.  Data should be copied out if it needs to be
 saved.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
 .Fn kvm_getfiles
-will return NULL on failure.
+function will return NULL on failure.
 .Sh BUGS
 This routine does not belong in the kvm interface.
 .Sh SEE ALSO

lib/libkvm/kvm_getprocs.3

@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@
 .Ft char **
 .Fn kvm_getenvv "kvm_t *kd" "const struct kinfo_proc *p" "int nchr"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
 .Fn kvm_getprocs
-returns a (sub-)set of active processes in the kernel indicated by
+function returns a (sub-)set of active processes in the kernel indicated by
 .Fa kd .
 The
 .Fa op
@@ -102,8 +103,9 @@ and
 .Fn kvm_close
 will overwrite this storage.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fn kvm_getargv
-returns a null-terminated argument vector that corresponds to the
+function returns a null-terminated argument vector that corresponds to the
 command line arguments passed to process indicated by
 .Fa p .
 Most likely, these arguments correspond to the values passed to
@@ -144,11 +146,12 @@ function is similar to
 but returns the vector of environment strings.  This data is
 also alterable by the process.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
 .Fn kvm_getprocs ,
 .Fn kvm_getargv ,
 and
-.Fn kvm_getenvv ,
-all return
+.Fn kvm_getenvv
+functions return
 .Dv NULL
 on failure.
 .Sh BUGS

lib/libkvm/kvm_nlist.3

@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@
 .Ft int
 .Fn kvm_nlist "kvm_t *kd" "struct nlist *nl"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
 .Fn kvm_nlist
-retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list argument
+function retrieves the symbol table entries indicated by the name list argument
 .Fa \&nl .
 This argument points to an array of nlist structures, terminated by
 an entry whose n_name field is
@@ -62,10 +63,11 @@ Each symbol is looked up using the n_name field, and if found, the
 corresponding n_type and n_value fields are filled in.  These fields are set
 to 0 if the symbol is not found.
 .Pp
+The
 .Xr kldsym 2
-is used to locate the symbol.  This is a less than perfect emulation
-of the nlist values but has the advantage of being aware of kernel modules
-and is reasonably fast.
+system call is used to locate the symbol.  This is a less than perfect
+emulation of the nlist values but has the advantage of being aware of kernel
+modules and is reasonably fast.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
 .Fn kvm_nlist

lib/libkvm/kvm_open.3

@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ via the
 library routines.  Both active kernels and crash dumps are accessible
 through this interface.
 .Pp
+The
 .Fa execfile
-is the executable image of the kernel being examined.
+argument is the executable image of the kernel being examined.
 This file must contain a symbol table.
 If this argument is
 .Dv NULL ,
@@ -75,8 +76,9 @@ the currently running system is assumed,
 as determined from
 .Xr getbootfile 3 .
 .Pp
+The
 .Fa corefile
-is the kernel memory device file.  It can be either /dev/mem
+argument is the kernel memory device file.  It can be either /dev/mem
 or a crash dump core generated by
 .Xr savecore 8 .
 If