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diff --git a/libiberty/mkstemps.c b/libiberty/mkstemps.c
index 56b0bae..8fe5784 100644
--- a/libiberty/mkstemps.c
+++ b/libiberty/mkstemps.c
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ Generate a unique temporary file name from @var{template}.
@var{template} has the form:
@example
- <path>/ccXXXXXX<suffix>
+ @var{path}/ccXXXXXX@var{suffix}
@end example
-@var{suffix_len} tells us how long <suffix> is (it can be zero
-length). The last six characters of @var{template} before <suffix>
-must be @code{XXXXXX}; they are replaced with a string that makes the
+@var{suffix_len} tells us how long @var{suffix} is (it can be zero
+length). The last six characters of @var{template} before @var{suffix}
+must be @samp{XXXXXX}; they are replaced with a string that makes the
filename unique. Returns a file descriptor open on the file for
reading and writing.