docs: some manpage fixes

Some editorial changes so the man pages follow the standards.

References:
 procps#173
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Craig Small
2020-06-04 22:25:26 +10:00
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.\" This page Copyright (C) 1994 Henry Ware <al172@yfn.ysu.edu>
.\" Distributed under the GPL, Copyleft 1994.
.TH VMSTAT 8 "September 2011" "procps-ng" "System Administration"
.TH VMSTAT 8 "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
vmstat \- Report virtual memory statistics
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -98,19 +98,19 @@ b: The number of processes in uninterruptible sleep.
.PP
.SS
.B "Memory"
These are affected by the \-\-unit option.
These are affected by the \fB\-\-unit\fR option.
.nf
swpd: the amount of virtual memory used.
free: the amount of idle memory.
buff: the amount of memory used as buffers.
cache: the amount of memory used as cache.
inact: the amount of inactive memory. (\-a option)
active: the amount of active memory. (\-a option)
inact: the amount of inactive memory. (\fB\-a\fR option)
active: the amount of active memory. (\fB\-a\fR option)
.fi
.PP
.SS
.B "Swap"
These are affected by the \-\-unit option.
These are affected by the \fB\-\-unit\fR option.
.nf
si: Amount of memory swapped in from disk (/s).
so: Amount of memory swapped to disk (/s).
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ size: Size of each object
pages: Number of pages with at least one active object
.fi
.SH NOTES
.B "vmstat "
.B vmstat
does not require special permissions.
.PP
These reports are intended to help identify system bottlenecks. Linux