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diff --git a/doc/man/libkeccak_keccaksum_fd.3 b/doc/man/libkeccak_keccaksum_fd.3
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--- a/doc/man/libkeccak_keccaksum_fd.3
+++ b/doc/man/libkeccak_keccaksum_fd.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH LIBKECCAK_KECCAKSUM_FD 3 LIBKECCAK-%VERSION%
+.TH LIBKECCAK_KECCAKSUM_FD 3 LIBKECCAK
.SH NAME
libkeccak_keccaksum_fd - Calculate a Keccak hashsum of a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -6,39 +6,54 @@ libkeccak_keccaksum_fd - Calculate a Keccak hashsum of a file
.nf
#include <libkeccak.h>
.P
-int libkeccak_keccaksum_fd(int \fIfd\fP, libkeccak_state_t *\fIstate\fP,
- const libkeccak_spec_t *\fIspec\fP, char *\fIhashsum\fP);
+int
+libkeccak_keccaksum_fd(int \fIfd\fP, libkeccak_state_t *\fIstate\fP,
+ const libkeccak_spec_t *\fIspec\fP, char *\fIhashsum\fP);
.fi
.P
-Link with \fI-lkeccak\fP.
+Link with
+.IR -lkeccak .
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libkeccak_keccaksum_fd ()
function calculates a Keccak hashsum of a file, whose file
-desriptor is specified by \fIfd\fP (and should be at the
-beginning of the file.) The hash algorithm tuning is
-specified by \fI*spec\fP.
+desriptor is specified by
+.I fd
+(and should be at the beginning of the file.) The hash
+algorithm tuning is specified by
+.IR *spec .
.PP
-The hash is stored in binary form to \fIhashsum\fP. \fIhashsum\fP
+The hash is stored in binary form to
+.IR hashsum .
+.I hashsum
should have an allocation size of at least
-(((\fIspec->output\fP + 7) / 8) * sizeof(char)).
+.RI ((( spec->output
++ 7) / 8) * sizeof(char)).
.PP
-\fI*state\fP should not be initialised.
+.I *state
+should not be initialised.
.BR libkeccak_keccaksum_fd ()
-initialises \fI*state\fP itself. Therefore there would be a
-memory leak if \fI*state\fP is already initialised.
+initialises
+.I *state
+itself. Therefore there would be a memory leak if
+.I *state
+is already initialised.
.SH RETURN VALUES
The
.BR libkeccak_keccaksum_fd ()
function returns 0 upon successful completion.
-On error, -1 is returned and \fIerrno\fP is set to describe
-the error.
+On error, -1 is returned and
+.I errno
+is set to describe the error.
.SH ERRORS
The
.BR libkeccak_keccaksum_fd ()
function may fail for any reason, except those resulting
-in \fIerrno\fP being set to \fBEINTR\fP, specified for the
-functions
+in
+.I errno
+being set to
+.BR EINTR ,
+specified for the functions
.BR read (2),
.BR malloc (3),
and
@@ -57,8 +72,10 @@ hashing as this could limit what you can do, and make
the library more complex.
.PP
.BR libkeccak_keccaksum_fd ()
-does not stop if interrupted (\fBread\fP(2) returns
-\fBEINTR\fP.)
+does not stop if interrupted
+.RI ( read (2)
+returns
+.BR EINTR .)
.PP
.BR libkeccak_keccaksum_fd ()
assumes all information is non-sensitive, and will
@@ -97,9 +114,6 @@ libkeccak_state_destroy(&state);
.BR libkeccak_spec_check (3),
.BR libkeccak_generalised_spec_initialise (3),
.BR libkeccak_state_initialise (3)
-.SH AUTHORS
-Principal author, Mattias Andrée. See the LICENSE file for the full
-list of authors.
.SH BUGS
Please report bugs to https://github.com/maandree/libkeccak/issues or to
maandree@kth.se