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--- a/ares/ares_gethostbyaddr.3
+++ b/ares/ares_gethostbyaddr.3
@@ -40,14 +40,10 @@ and
.I addrlen
give the address as a series of bytes, and
.I family
-gives the type of address. When the query is complete or has failed,
-the ares library will invoke
-.IR callback .
-Completion or failure of the query may happen immediately, or may
-happen during a later call to
-.BR ares_process (3)
-or
-.BR ares_destroy (3).
+gives the type of address. When the query is complete or has failed, the ares
+library will invoke \fIcallback\fP. Completion or failure of the query may
+happen immediately, or may happen during a later call to
+\fIares_process(3)\fP, \fIares_destroy(3)\fP or \fIares_cancel(3)\fP.
.PP
The callback argument
.I arg
@@ -93,7 +89,8 @@ did not complete successfully,
will be
.BR NULL .
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ares_process (3)
+.BR ares_process (3),
+.BR ares_gethostbyname (3)
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
.br