-.I break
-call fails if the data space limit is reached, or the process is
-killed when the stack limit is reached (since the stack cannot be
-extended, there is no way to send a signal!).
-.PP
-A file i/o operation that would create a file that is too large
-will cause a signal SIGXFSZ to be generated, this normally terminates
-the process, but may be caught.
-When the soft cpu time limit is exceeded, a signal SIGXCPU is sent to the
+.Xr break
+call fails if the data space limit is reached.
+When the stack limit is reached, the process receives
+a segmentation fault
+.Pq Dv SIGSEGV ;
+if this signal is not
+caught by a handler using the signal stack, this signal
+will kill the process.
+.Pp
+A file I/O operation that would create a file larger that the process'
+soft limit will cause the write to fail and a signal
+.Dv SIGXFSZ
+to be
+generated; this normally terminates the process, but may be caught. When
+the soft cpu time limit is exceeded, a signal
+.Dv SIGXCPU
+is sent to the