effect, danny@panda.hilink.com.au

diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/select.2 b/lib/libc/sys/select.2
index c8027c4..7826bd2 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/libc/sys/select.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/select.2
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ If
 is a non-nil pointer, it specifies a maximum interval to wait for the
 selection to complete.  If 
 .Fa timeout
-is a nil pointer, the select blocks indefinitely.  To affect a poll, the
+is a nil pointer, the select blocks indefinitely.  To effect a poll, the
 .Fa timeout
 argument should be non-nil, pointing to a zero-valued timeval structure.
 .Pp