3 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/manual/argp.texi b/manual/argp.texi
index dae68099d5..bca3ca5ed9 100644
--- a/manual/argp.texi
+++ b/manual/argp.texi
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ be displayed in much the same manner as the options.  This is known as a
 If this flag is set, then the option @code{name} field is displayed
 unmodified (e.g., no @samp{--} prefix is added) at the left-margin where
 a @emph{short} option would normally be displayed, and this
-documentation string is left in it's usual place.  For purposes of
+documentation string is left in its usual place.  For purposes of
 sorting, any leading whitespace and punctuation is ignored, unless the
 first non-whitespace character is @samp{-}.  This entry is displayed
 after all options, after @code{OPTION_DOC} entries with a leading
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ parser function.  @xref{Argp Parsing State}.
 @safety{@prelim{}@mtunsafe{@mtasurace{:argpbuf} @mtsenv{} @mtslocale{}}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{} @ascuintl{} @asucorrupt{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{} @acucorrupt{} @aculock{}}}
 @c Just calls argp_state_help with stderr and ARGP_HELP_STD_USAGE.
 Outputs the standard usage message for the argp parser referred to by
-@var{state} to @code{@var{state}->err_stream} and terminate the program
+@var{state} to @code{@var{state}->err_stream} and terminates the program
 with @code{exit (argp_err_exit_status)}.  @xref{Argp Global Variables}.
 @end deftypefun
 
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ by the program name and @samp{:}, and followed by a @w{@samp{Try @dots{}
 @c blank, release the buffer, call strerror_r with an automatic buffer,
 @c print it out after colon and blank, put[w]c a line break, unlock the
 @c stream, then exit unless ARGP_NO_EXIT.
-Similar to the standard gnu error-reporting function @code{error}, this
+Similar to the standard GNU error-reporting function @code{error}, this
 prints the program name and @samp{:}, the printf format string
 @var{fmt}, and the appropriate following args.  If it is non-zero, the
 standard unix error text for @var{errnum} is printed.  If @var{status} is
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ Don't exit on errors, although they may still result in error messages.
 @comment argp.h
 @comment GNU
 @item ARGP_LONG_ONLY
-Use the gnu getopt `long-only' rules for parsing arguments.  This allows
+Use the GNU getopt `long-only' rules for parsing arguments.  This allows
 long-options to be recognized with only a single @samp{-}
 (i.e., @samp{-help}).  This results in a less useful interface, and its
 use is discouraged as it conflicts with the way most GNU programs work
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ These example programs demonstrate the basic usage of argp.
 @subsubsection A Minimal Program Using Argp
 
 This is perhaps the smallest program possible that uses argp.  It won't
-do much except give an error messages and exit when there are any
+do much except give an error message and exit when there are any
 arguments, and prints a rather pointless message for @samp{--help}.
 
 @smallexample
diff --git a/manual/getopt.texi b/manual/getopt.texi
index aa4134b0e5..20e11ef2e2 100644
--- a/manual/getopt.texi
+++ b/manual/getopt.texi
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ is treated specially.  It permits arguments that are not options to be
 returned as if they were associated with option character @samp{\1}.
 
 @item
-POSIX demands the following behavior: The first non-option stops option
+POSIX demands the following behavior: the first non-option stops option
 processing.  This mode is selected by either setting the environment
 variable @code{POSIXLY_CORRECT} or beginning the @var{options} argument
 string with a plus sign (@samp{+}).
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ options to accept (see above).
 
 When @code{getopt_long} encounters a short option, it does the same
 thing that @code{getopt} would do: it returns the character code for the
-option, and stores the options argument (if it has one) in @code{optarg}.
+option, and stores the option's argument (if it has one) in @code{optarg}.
 
 When @code{getopt_long} encounters a long option, it takes actions based
 on the @code{flag} and @code{val} fields of the definition of that
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ When @code{getopt_long} has no more options to handle, it returns
 @var{argv} of the next remaining argument.
 @end deftypefun
 
-Since long option names were used before the @code{getopt_long}
-options was invented there are program interfaces which require programs
+Since long option names were used before @code{getopt_long}
+was invented there are program interfaces which require programs
 to recognize options like @w{@samp{-option value}} instead of
 @w{@samp{--option value}}.  To enable these programs to use the GNU
 getopt functionality there is one more function available.
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ getopt functionality there is one more function available.
 @c Same issues as getopt.
 
 The @code{getopt_long_only} function is equivalent to the
-@code{getopt_long} function but it allows to specify the user of the
+@code{getopt_long} function but it allows the user of the
 application to pass long options with only @samp{-} instead of
 @samp{--}.  The @samp{--} prefix is still recognized but instead of
 looking through the short options if a @samp{-} is seen it is first
diff --git a/manual/startup.texi b/manual/startup.texi
index 9a091a5151..e4c983ada6 100644
--- a/manual/startup.texi
+++ b/manual/startup.texi
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ one program.
 
 Note that we are using a specific definition of ``program'' for the
 purposes of this manual, which corresponds to a common definition in the
-context of Unix system.  In popular usage, ``program'' enjoys a much
+context of Unix systems.  In popular usage, ``program'' enjoys a much
 broader definition; it can refer for example to a system's kernel, an
 editor macro, a complex package of software, or a discrete section of
 code executing within a process.
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ available.
 @c  strncmp dup ok
 
 The @var{optionp} parameter must be a pointer to a variable containing
-the address of the string to process.  When the function returns the
+the address of the string to process.  When the function returns, the
 reference is updated to point to the next suboption or to the
-terminating @samp{\0} character if there is no more suboption available.
+terminating @samp{\0} character if there are no more suboptions available.
 
 The @var{tokens} parameter references an array of strings containing the
 known suboptions.  All strings must be @samp{\0} terminated and to mark
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ environment.  If the environment contains an entry with the key
 equivalent to a call to @code{putenv} when the @var{value} part of the
 string is empty.
 
-The function return @code{-1} if @var{name} is a null pointer, points to
+The function returns @code{-1} if @var{name} is a null pointer, points to
 an empty string, or points to a string containing a @code{=} character.
 It returns @code{0} if the call succeeded.