Fix description of CRCs.

diff --git a/man/crc32.3 b/man/crc32.3
index 79a6bd9a7f999405f286e3db8435c055bbce29b1..e29f742d1144355a6f9a25c442a82e6aaf93b845 100644 (file)
--- a/man/crc32.3
+++ b/man/crc32.3
@@ -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
-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"