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authorThomas Miedema <thomasmiedema@gmail.com>2016-01-21 21:16:05 +0100
committerThomas Miedema <thomasmiedema@gmail.com>2016-01-21 21:17:41 +0100
commit4c4a0a52d3ca5befd2a632544e9541703007e356 (patch)
tree36e2850e235c04a2d968d479d4e2460dca131a66 /libraries
parent2ffc2606cfc58768ddc6dd53f270ba7088c43f3c (diff)
downloadhaskell-4c4a0a52d3ca5befd2a632544e9541703007e356.tar.gz
Fix docstring GHC.IO.Handle.FD.openFileBLocking
Fixes #4248.
Diffstat (limited to 'libraries')
-rw-r--r--libraries/base/GHC/IO/Handle/FD.hs6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/base/GHC/IO/Handle/FD.hs b/libraries/base/GHC/IO/Handle/FD.hs
index 181aad7831..b2c971c908 100644
--- a/libraries/base/GHC/IO/Handle/FD.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/GHC/IO/Handle/FD.hs
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ openFile fp im =
(\e -> ioError (addFilePathToIOError "openFile" fp e))
-- | Like 'openFile', but opens the file in ordinary blocking mode.
--- This can be useful for opening a FIFO for reading: if we open in
--- non-blocking mode then the open will fail if there are no writers,
--- whereas a blocking open will block until a writer appears.
+-- This can be useful for opening a FIFO for writing: if we open in
+-- non-blocking mode then the open will fail if there are no readers,
+-- whereas a blocking open will block until a reader appear.
--
-- @since 4.4.0.0
openFileBlocking :: FilePath -> IOMode -> IO Handle