.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B ldap_abandon_ext()
-routine is used to send a abandon request for an LDAP
+routine is used to send a LDAP Abandon request for an
operation in progress. The \fImsgid\fP passed should be the
message id of an outstanding LDAP operation, as returned by
.BR ldap_search_ext (3),
parameters, respectively.
.SH ERRORS
.B ldap_abandon_ext()
-directly returns an LDAP error code indicating success or failure of the
-operation.
+returns an LDAP error code indicating success or failure in sending
+the Abandon request.
.LP
See
.BR ldap_error (3)