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<Chapter Id="runtime">
number</quote>, to detect collision with semaphore sets used by
other applications. The maximum number of semaphores in the system
is set by <varname>SEMMNS</>, which consequently must be at least
- as high as <literal>max_connections</> plus one extra for each 16
+ as high as <varname>max_connections</> plus one extra for each 16
allowed connections (see the formula in <xref
linkend="sysvipc-parameters">). The parameter <varname>SEMMNI</>
determines the limit on the number of semaphore sets that can