[groff] 17/50: [docs]: Use more idiomatic inline math.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 34df0b8799c6d5f6aa067bf57cacde4337662593
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue May 17 18:14:30 2022 -0500

    [docs]: Use more idiomatic inline math.
    
    We're not trying to illustrate *roff syntax here, but assist people who
    remember elementary algebra.
---
 doc/groff.texi  | 2 +-
 man/groff.7.man | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 56e638f6..e4b5972f 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5819,7 +5819,7 @@ The sign of the modulo of operands of mixed signs is 
determined by the
 sign of the first.  Division and modulo operators satisfy the following
 property:@: given a dividend@tie{}@var{a} and a divisor@tie{}@var{b}, a
 quotient@tie{}@var{q} formed by @samp{(a / b)} and a
-remainder@tie{}@var{r} by @samp{(a % b)}, then @samp{q * b + r = a}.
+remainder@tie{}@var{r} by @samp{(a % b)}, then @math{qb + r = a}.
 
 @cindex scaling operator
 @cindex operator, scaling
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 0b40a1b6..dcfcfdbb 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ and a
 by
 .RB \[lq] "(a % b)" \[rq],
 then
-.IR q \~*\~ b \~+\~ r \~=\~ a .
+.IR qb \~+\~ r \~=\~ a .
 .
 .
 .P