; Spelling and quotation fixes

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ee2bc3a2f0c..18975cbcb94 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ affected by this, as SGI stopped supporting IRIX in December 2013.
 * Changes in Emacs 25.2
 
 +++
-** The new funtion 'call-shell-region' executes a command in an
+** The new function 'call-shell-region' executes a command in an
 inferior shell with the buffer region as input.
 
 +++
@@ -240,13 +240,13 @@ all buffers without asking confirmation;  bound to
 'U'; 'ibuffer-do-replace-regexp' bound to 'r'.
 
 ---
-*** A new command `ibuffer-mark-by-content-regexp' to mark buffers
+*** A new command 'ibuffer-mark-by-content-regexp' to mark buffers
 whose content matches a regexp; bound to '% g'.
 
 ---
-*** Two new options `ibuffer-never-search-content-name' and
-`ibuffer-never-search-content-mode' used by
-`ibuffer-mark-by-content-regexp'.
+*** Two new options 'ibuffer-never-search-content-name' and
+'ibuffer-never-search-content-mode' used by
+'ibuffer-mark-by-content-regexp'.
 
 ** Compilation mode
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ different group ID.
 Drive onsite repositories.
 
 +++
-Setting the "ENV" environment variable in `tramp-remote-process-environment'
+Setting the "ENV" environment variable in 'tramp-remote-process-environment'
 enables reading of shell initialization files.
 
 ---
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ file.
 
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 25.2
 
-** New Elisp data-structure library `radix-tree'.
+** New Elisp data-structure library 'radix-tree'.
 
 
 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 25.2
@@ -478,9 +478,9 @@ function 'check-declare-errmsg' has been removed.
 ** New function undo-amalgamate-change-group to get rid of undo-boundaries
 between two states.
 
-** New var `definition-prefixes' is a hashtable mapping prefixes to the
+** New var 'definition-prefixes' is a hashtable mapping prefixes to the
 files where corresponding definitions can be found.  This can be used
-to fetch definitions that are not yet loaded, for example for `C-h f'.
+to fetch definitions that are not yet loaded, for example for 'C-h f'.
 
 ** New var syntax-ppss-table to control the syntax-table used in syntax-ppss.
 
@@ -580,11 +580,11 @@ ABBR is a time zone abbreviation.  The affected functions are
 *** New basic face 'fixed-pitch-serif', for a fixed-width font with serifs.
 The Info-quoted and tex-verbatim faces now default to inheriting from it.
 
-** New built-in function `mapcan' which avoids unnecessary consing (and garbage
+** New built-in function 'mapcan' which avoids unnecessary consing (and garbage
 collection).
 
 +++
-** The new functions `make-nearby-temp-file' and `temporary-file-directory'
+** The new functions 'make-nearby-temp-file' and 'temporary-file-directory'
 can be used for creation of temporary files of remote or mounted directories.