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@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ mentioned here.
 <table width=90%>
 <tr><td width=5% rowspan=3>&nbsp;</td>
     <td width=10% valign=top>EBADF</td>
-				<td><em>fd</em> is not a valid file handle, or
-				it is not open for writing.</td></tr>
+				<td><em>fd</em> is not a valid file descriptor, 
+				or it is not open for writing.</td></tr>
 <tr><td valign=top>EIO</td>	<td>A hard I/O error occurred.</td></tr>
 <tr><td valign=top>EFAULT</td>	<td><em>buf</em> points to an invalid
 				address.</td></tr>