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diff --git a/doc/Signal.3 b/doc/Signal.3
index f8eafd0..5b12654 100644
--- a/doc/Signal.3
+++ b/doc/Signal.3
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ Tcl_SignalId, Tcl_SignalMsg \- Convert signal codes
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
.sp
-CONST char *
+const char *
\fBTcl_SignalId\fR(\fIsig\fR)
.sp
-CONST char *
+const char *
\fBTcl_SignalMsg\fR(\fIsig\fR)
.sp
.SH ARGUMENTS
+.AS int sig
.AP int sig in
A POSIX signal number such as \fBSIGPIPE\fR.
.BE
@@ -29,8 +30,11 @@ A POSIX signal number such as \fBSIGPIPE\fR.
\fBTcl_SignalId\fR and \fBTcl_SignalMsg\fR return a string
representation of the provided signal number (\fIsig\fR).
\fBTcl_SignalId\fR returns a machine-readable textual identifier such
-as "SIGPIPE". \fBTcl_SignalMsg\fR returns a human-readable string such
-as "bus error". The strings returned by these functions are
+as
+.QW SIGPIPE .
+\fBTcl_SignalMsg\fR returns a human-readable string such as
+.QW "bus error" .
+The strings returned by these functions are
statically allocated and the caller must not free or modify them.
.SH KEYWORDS