There are two main types that are used by applications. Both are "opaque
types", meaning they are structures that are B<not> completely defined in the
header file, so you cannot access the structures' members. You don't need to,
-don't do it. These structures are object to change without notice.
+don't do it. These structures are subject to change without notice.
=over 4
=head1 AUTHOR
liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
-It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
+Its homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
(c) 2005-2009 by Florian octo Forster.
=head1 AUTHOR
liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
-It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
+Its homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
(c) 2005-2009 by Florian octo Forster.
=head1 AUTHOR
liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
-It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
+Its homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
(c) 2005-2009 by Florian octo Forster.
=head1 AUTHOR
liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
-It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
+Its homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
(c) 2005-2009 by Florian octo Forster.
=head1 AUTHOR
liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
-It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
+Its homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
(c) 2005-2009 by Florian octo Forster.
=head1 AUTHOR
liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
-It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
+Its homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
(c) 2005-2009 by Florian octo Forster.
=head1 AUTHOR
liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
-It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
+Its homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
(c) 2005-2009 by Florian octo Forster.
=head1 AUTHOR
liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
-It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
+Its homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
(c) 2005-2009 by Florian octo Forster.
=head1 RETURN VALUE
-B<ping_send> returns the value of echo replies received or a value less than
+B<ping_send> returns the number of echo replies received or a value less than
zero if an error occurred. Use L<ping_get_error(3)> to receive an error message.
=head1 SEE ALSO
=head1 AUTHOR
liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
-It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
+Its homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
(c) 2005-2009 by Florian octo Forster.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-The B<ping_setopt> method sets options that effect all hosts associated with
+The B<ping_setopt> method sets options that apply to all hosts associated with
the object I<obj> and hosts that are yet to be added to the object.
The I<obj> argument is a pointer to an I<liboping> object, as returned by
The address family to use. The memory pointed to by I<val> is interpreted as an
integer and must be either B<AF_UNSPEC>, B<AF_INET>, or B<AF_INET6>. This
-option only effects hosts that are being added B<after> this option has been
+option only affects hosts that are being added B<after> this option has been
set. Default is B<PING_DEF_AF>. If you change this option, and a source address
is set (see B<PING_OPT_SOURCE>) that setting will be reset.
=head1 AUTHOR
liboping is written by Florian octo Forster E<lt>octo at verplant.orgE<gt>.
-It's homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
+Its homepage can be found at L<http://verplant.org/liboping/>.
(c) 2005-2009 by Florian octo Forster.