bug#28609: simple.el

Correct grammar; also, call a pair a pair.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 4e42fd52415..d21b15d5314 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
 
 (defcustom shell-command-dont-erase-buffer nil
   "If non-nil, output buffer is not erased between shell commands.
-Also, a non-nil value set the point in the output buffer
-once the command complete.
-The value `beg-last-out' set point at the beginning of the output,
-`end-last-out' set point at the end of the buffer, `save-point'
-restore the buffer position before the command."
+Also, a non-nil value sets the point in the output buffer
+once the command completes.
+The value `beg-last-out' sets point at the beginning of the output,
+`end-last-out' sets point at the end of the buffer, `save-point'
+restores the buffer position before the command."
   :type '(choice
           (const :tag "Erase buffer" nil)
           (const :tag "Set point to beginning of last output" beg-last-out)
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ restore the buffer position before the command."
   :version "26.1")
 
 (defvar shell-command-saved-pos nil
-  "Point position in the output buffer after command complete.
-It is an alist (BUFFER . POS), where BUFFER is the output
-buffer, and POS is the point position in BUFFER once the command finish.
+  "Point position in the output buffer after command completes.
+It is an alist of (BUFFER . POS), where BUFFER is the output
+buffer, and POS is the point position in BUFFER once the command finishes.
 This variable is used when `shell-command-dont-erase-buffer' is non-nil.")
 
 (defcustom idle-update-delay 0.5
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ Called with one argument METHOD.
 If METHOD is `delete-only', then delete the region; the return value
 is undefined.  If METHOD is nil, then return the content as a string.
 If METHOD is `bounds', then return the boundaries of the region
-as a list of the form (START . END).
+as a pair of (START . END) positions.
 If METHOD is anything else, delete the region and return its content
 as a string, after filtering it with `filter-buffer-substring', which
 is called with METHOD as its 3rd argument.")
@@ -5473,7 +5473,7 @@ also checks the value of `use-empty-active-region'."
        (progn (cl-assert (mark)) t)))
 
 (defun region-bounds ()
-  "Return the boundaries of the region as a list of (START . END) positions."
+  "Return the boundaries of the region as a pair of (START . END) positions."
   (funcall region-extract-function 'bounds))
 
 (defun region-noncontiguous-p ()