-"This procedure collects status information from a child process which
-has terminated or (optionally) stopped. Normally it will
-suspend the calling process until this can be done. If more than one
-child process is eligible then one will be chosen by the operating system.
-
-The value of @var{pid} determines the behaviour:
-
-@table @r
-@item @var{pid} greater than 0
-Request status information from the specified child process.
-@item @var{pid} equal to -1 or WAIT_ANY
-Request status information for any child process.
-@item @var{pid} equal to 0 or WAIT_MYPGRP
-Request status information for any child process in the current process
-group.
-@item @var{pid} less than -1
-Request status information for any child process whose process group ID
-is -@var{PID}.
-@end table
-
-The @var{options} argument, if supplied, should be the bitwise OR of the
-values of zero or more of the following variables:
-
-@defvar WNOHANG
-Return immediately even if there are no child processes to be collected.
-@end defvar
-
-@defvar WUNTRACED
-Report status information for stopped processes as well as terminated
-processes.
-@end defvar
-
-The return value is a pair containing:
-
-@enumerate
-@item
-The process ID of the child process, or 0 if @code{WNOHANG} was
-specified and no process was collected.
-@item
-The integer status value.
-@end enumerate")
+ "This procedure collects status information from a child process which\n"
+ "has terminated or (optionally) stopped. Normally it will\n"
+ "suspend the calling process until this can be done. If more than one\n"
+ "child process is eligible then one will be chosen by the operating system.\n\n"
+ "The value of @var{pid} determines the behaviour:\n\n"
+ "@table @r\n"
+ "@item @var{pid} greater than 0\n"
+ "Request status information from the specified child process.\n"
+ "@item @var{pid} equal to -1 or WAIT_ANY\n"
+ "Request status information for any child process.\n"
+ "@item @var{pid} equal to 0 or WAIT_MYPGRP\n"
+ "Request status information for any child process in the current process\n"
+ "group.\n"
+ "@item @var{pid} less than -1\n"
+ "Request status information for any child process whose process group ID\n"
+ "is -@var{PID}.\n"
+ "@end table\n\n"
+ "The @var{options} argument, if supplied, should be the bitwise OR of the\n"
+ "values of zero or more of the following variables:\n\n"
+ "@defvar WNOHANG\n"
+ "Return immediately even if there are no child processes to be collected.\n"
+ "@end defvar\n\n"
+ "@defvar WUNTRACED\n"
+ "Report status information for stopped processes as well as terminated\n"
+ "processes.\n"
+ "@end defvar\n\n"
+ "The return value is a pair containing:\n\n"
+ "@enumerate\n"
+ "@item\n"
+ "The process ID of the child process, or 0 if @code{WNOHANG} was\n"
+ "specified and no process was collected.\n"
+ "@item\n"
+ "The integer status value.\n"
+ "@end enumerate")