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[PATCH 1/2] Fix typo in the documentation of gcvt


I wasn't sure if this counts as a trivial fix per our rules [1].  The
rules explicitly state that fixing a spelling or grammatical error
counts as a trivial fix, but they do not state anything about typos.
If this commit could be considered a trivial fix, I will also update
the wiki.

[1] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Consensus#Trivial_Bug-Fix_Changes

-- 8< --
In the description of gcvt, add missing closing parenthesis in the
comparison with sprintf.

	* manual/arith.texi (gcvt): Add missing closing parenthesis.
---
 manual/arith.texi | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi
index 5e123c3ccd..5080abf063 100644
--- a/manual/arith.texi
+++ b/manual/arith.texi
@@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ to @code{fcvt}.
 @c gcvt calls sprintf, that ultimately calls vfprintf, which malloc()s
 @c args_value if it's too large, but gcvt never exercises this path.
 @code{gcvt} is functionally equivalent to @samp{sprintf(buf, "%*g",
-ndigit, value}.  It is provided only for compatibility's sake.  It
+ndigit, value)}.  It is provided only for compatibility's sake.  It
 returns @var{buf}.
 
 If @var{ndigit} decimal digits would exceed the precision of a
-- 
2.14.5


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