Index: lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
===================================================================
--- lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
+++ lib/libc/sys/getsockopt.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)getsockopt.2	8.4 (Berkeley) 5/2/95
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 3, 2020
+.Dd November 29, 2020
 .Dt GETSOCKOPT 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -248,13 +248,18 @@
 is set,
 the system will block the process on the
 .Xr close 2
-attempt until it is able to transmit the data or until it decides it
-is unable to deliver the information (a timeout period, termed the
-linger interval, is specified in seconds in the
+attempt until it is able to transmit the data or until the timeout
+period has elapsed if the data cannot be delivered.
+This timeout period, termed the linger interval, is specified in seconds
+in the
 .Fn setsockopt
 system call when
 .Dv SO_LINGER
-is requested).
+is requested.
+A linger interval of 0 may be specified to indicate that the system should
+terminate the socket without waiting when a
+.Xr close 2
+is issued.
 If
 .Dv SO_LINGER
 is disabled and a