.\" Modified 2001-04-01 by aeb
.\" Modified 2003-07-23 by aeb
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-.TH USLEEP 3 2010-12-03 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH USLEEP 3 2013-04-19 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
usleep \- suspend execution for microsecond intervals
.SH SYNOPSIS
by any system activity or by the time spent processing the call or by the
granularity of system timers.
.SH RETURN VALUE
-0 on success, \-1 on error.
+The
+.BR usleep ()
+function returns 0 on success.
+On error, \-1 is returned, with
+.I errno
+set to indicate the cause of the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINTR