.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: getenv.3,v 1.19 2013/06/05 03:39:23 tedu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: getenv.3,v 1.20 2014/04/21 08:46:59 guenther Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 21 2014 $
.Dt GETENV 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Fa name
from the list.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
-These functions
-return zero if successful; otherwise the global variable
-.Va errno
-is set to indicate the error and \-1 is returned.
+.Rv -std putenv setenv unsetenv
.Pp
+The
+.Fn getenv
+function returns a pointer to the requested value, or
+.Dv NULL
+if it could not be found.
If
.Fn getenv
is successful, the string returned should be considered read-only.