Update manual style.

[mLib] / man / crc32.3

diff --git a/man/crc32.3 b/man/crc32.3
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--- a/man/crc32.3
+++ b/man/crc32.3
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 .  ds ss ^
 .  ds se
 .\}
 .  ds ss ^
 .  ds se
 .\}

-.TH crc32 3 "8 May 1999" "mLib"
+.TH crc32 3 "8 May 1999" "Straylight/Edgeware" "mLib utilities library"

 .SH NAME
 crc32 \- calculate 32-bit CRC
 .\" @crc32
 .SH NAME
 crc32 \- calculate 32-bit CRC
 .\" @crc32


@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ a given block in a way which doesn't change its (unknown) CRC.
 .PP
 The exact behaviour of the CRC is beyond the scope of this manual;
 suffice to say that the result is, in some suitable representation, the
 .PP
 The exact behaviour of the CRC is beyond the scope of this manual;
 suffice to say that the result is, in some suitable representation, the

-remainder after division in the finite field GF(2\*(ss32\*(se) of the
-block by a carefully chosen polynomial of order 32.
+remainder after division by a degree-32 polynomial in GF(2)[x].

 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 The return value is the 32-bit CRC of the input block.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 The return value is the 32-bit CRC of the input block.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"