Minor clarifications.

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/man/entering.texi b/man/entering.texi
index 7e1e60501ef..aca33be850b 100644
--- a/man/entering.texi
+++ b/man/entering.texi
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Emacs operates its own X windows.  You can begin typing Emacs commands
 as soon as you direct your keyboard input to the Emacs frame.
 
 @vindex initial-major-mode
-  When Emacs starts up, it makes a buffer named @samp{*scratch*}.
+  When Emacs starts up, it creates a buffer named @samp{*scratch*}.
 That's the buffer you start out in.  The @samp{*scratch*} buffer uses Lisp
 Interaction mode; you can use it to type Lisp expressions and evaluate
 them, or you can ignore that capability and simply doodle.  (You can
@@ -106,19 +106,20 @@ failing to support job control properly, but that is a matter of taste.)
 dedicated X windows, @kbd{C-z} has a different meaning.  Suspending an
 application that uses its own X windows is not meaningful or useful.
 Instead, @kbd{C-z} runs the command @code{iconify-or-deiconify-frame},
-which temporarily closes up the selected Emacs frame (@pxref{Frames}).
-The way to get back to a shell window is with the window manager.
+which temporarily iconifies (or ``minimizes'') the selected Emacs
+frame (@pxref{Frames}).  Then you can use the window manager to get
+back to a shell window.
 
 @kindex C-x C-c
 @findex save-buffers-kill-emacs
-  To kill Emacs, type @kbd{C-x C-c} (@code{save-buffers-kill-emacs}).  A
-two-character key is used for this to make it harder to type.  This
-command first offers to save any modified file-visiting buffers.  If you
-do not save them all, it asks for reconfirmation with @kbd{yes} before
-killing Emacs, since any changes not saved will be lost forever.  Also,
-if any subprocesses are still running, @kbd{C-x C-c} asks for
-confirmation about them, since killing Emacs will kill the subprocesses
-immediately.
+  To exit and kill Emacs, type @kbd{C-x C-c}
+(@code{save-buffers-kill-emacs}).  A two-character key is used for
+this to make it harder to type by accident.  This command first offers
+to save any modified file-visiting buffers.  If you do not save them
+all, it asks for reconfirmation with @kbd{yes} before killing Emacs,
+since any changes not saved will be lost forever.  Also, if any
+subprocesses are still running, @kbd{C-x C-c} asks for confirmation
+about them, since killing Emacs will also kill the subprocesses.
 
 @vindex confirm-kill-emacs
   If the value of the variable @code{confirm-kill-emacs} is
@@ -129,10 +130,10 @@ function to use as the value of @code{confirm-kill-emacs} is the
 function @code{yes-or-no-p}.  The default value of
 @code{confirm-kill-emacs} is @code{nil}.
 
-  There is no way to restart an Emacs session once you have killed it.
+  There is no way to resume an Emacs session once you have killed it.
 You can, however, arrange for Emacs to record certain session
-information, such as which files are visited, when you kill it, so that
-the next time you restart Emacs it will try to visit the same files and
+information when you kill it, such as which files are visited, so that
+the next time you start Emacs it will try to visit the same files and
 so on.  @xref{Saving Emacs Sessions}.
 
   The operating system usually listens for certain special characters
diff --git a/man/fixit.texi b/man/fixit.texi
index 02f7ed767b6..7671bbb7b08 100644
--- a/man/fixit.texi
+++ b/man/fixit.texi
@@ -81,12 +81,11 @@ given at the end of a line, rather than transposing the last character of
 the line with the newline, which would be useless, @kbd{C-t} transposes the
 last two characters on the line.  So, if you catch your transposition error
 right away, you can fix it with just a @kbd{C-t}.  If you don't catch it so
-fast, you must move the cursor back to between the two transposed
-characters.  If you transposed a space with the last character of the word
-before it, the word motion commands are a good way of getting there.
-Otherwise, a reverse search (@kbd{C-r}) is often the best way.
-@xref{Search}.
-
+fast, you must move the cursor back between the two transposed
+characters before you type @kbd{C-t}.  If you transposed a space with
+the last character of the word before it, the word motion commands are
+a good way of getting there.  Otherwise, a reverse search (@kbd{C-r})
+is often the best way.  @xref{Search}.
 
 @kindex C-x C-t
 @findex transpose-lines
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ you various alternatives for what to do about it.
   To check the entire current buffer, use @kbd{M-x ispell-buffer}.  Use
 @kbd{M-x ispell-region} to check just the current region.  To check
 spelling in an email message you are writing, use @kbd{M-x
-ispell-message}; that checks the whole buffer, but does not check
+ispell-message}; that command checks the whole buffer, except for
 material that is indented or appears to be cited from other messages.
 
 @findex ispell
@@ -223,7 +222,8 @@ spell-checks the current buffer.
   Each time these commands encounter an incorrect word, they ask you
 what to do.  They display a list of alternatives, usually including
 several ``near-misses''---words that are close to the word being
-checked.  Then you must type a character.  Here are the valid responses:
+checked.  Then you must type a single-character response.  Here are
+the valid responses:
 
 @table @kbd
 @item @key{SPC}
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ editing session and for this buffer.
 
 @item i
 Insert this word in your private dictionary file so that Ispell will
-consider it correct it from now on, even in future sessions.
+consider it correct from now on, even in future sessions.
 
 @item u
 Insert the lower-case version of this word in your private dic@-tion@-ary
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ information.
 
 @item l @var{word} @key{RET}
 Look in the dictionary for words that match @var{word}.  These words
-become the new list of ``near-misses''; you can select one of them to
-replace with by typing a digit.  You can use @samp{*} in @var{word} as a
+become the new list of ``near-misses''; you can select one of them as
+the replacement by typing a digit.  You can use @samp{*} in @var{word} as a
 wildcard.
 
 @item C-g
diff --git a/man/regs.texi b/man/regs.texi
index 6052e04a711..40ffb472e6a 100644
--- a/man/regs.texi
+++ b/man/regs.texi
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Insert text from register @var{r} (@code{insert-register}).
   @kbd{C-x r s @var{r}} stores a copy of the text of the region into
 the register named @var{r}.  @kbd{C-u C-x r s @var{r}}, the same
 command with a numeric argument, deletes the text from the buffer as
-well.
+well; you can think of this as ``moving'' the region text into the register.
 
   @kbd{C-x r i @var{r}} inserts in the buffer the text from register
 @var{r}.  Normally it leaves point before the text and places the mark
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ to the position of the bookmark at the same time.
   To display a list of all your bookmarks in a separate buffer, type
 @kbd{C-x r l} (@code{list-bookmarks}).  If you switch to that buffer,
 you can use it to edit your bookmark definitions or annotate the
-bookmarks.  Type @kbd{C-h m} in that buffer for more information about
-its special editing commands.
+bookmarks.  Type @kbd{C-h m} in the bookmark buffer for more
+information about its special editing commands.
 
   When you kill Emacs, Emacs offers to save your bookmark values in your
 default bookmark file, @file{~/.emacs.bmk}, if you have changed any