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diff --git a/man/machine-info.xml b/man/machine-info.xml
index 1c3a21c6434a21c47f84ec3b7c6f60321c9c7117..7448e68fd4421fd715bbf00f32141a3e2f38c315 100644 (file)
--- a/man/machine-info.xml
+++ b/man/machine-info.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para>The <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename> file
-                contains machine meta data.</para>
+                contains machine metadata.</para>
 
                 <para>The basic file format of
                 <filename>machine-info</filename> is a
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
                 execution engine.</para>
 
                 <para><filename>/etc/machine-info</filename> contains
-                meta data about the machine that is set by the user or
+                metadata about the machine that is set by the user or
                 administrator.</para>
 
                 <para>Depending on the operating system other
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Options</title>
 
-                <para>The following machine meta data parameters may
+                <para>The following machine metadata parameters may
                 be set using
                 <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>:</para>
 
@@ -94,22 +94,22 @@
                                 <term><varname>PRETTY_HOSTNAME=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>A pretty
-                                human-readable UTF8 machine identifier
+                                human-readable UTF-8 machine identifier
                                 string. This should contain a name
                                 like <literal>Lennart's
                                 Laptop</literal> which is useful to
                                 present to the user and does not
                                 suffer by the syntax limitations of
-                                internet domain names. If possible the
-                                internet host name as configured in
+                                internet domain names. If possible, the
+                                internet hostname as configured in
                                 <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>
                                 should be kept similar to this
                                 one. Example: if this value is
                                 <literal>Lennart's Computer</literal>
-                                an Internet host name of
+                                an Internet hostname of
                                 <literal>lennarts-computer</literal>
                                 might be a good choice. If this
-                                parameter is not set an application
+                                parameter is not set, an application
                                 should fall back to the Internet host
                                 name for presentation
                                 purposes.</para></listitem>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
                                 this machine according to the <ulink
                                 url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">XDG
                                 Icon Naming Specification</ulink>. If
-                                this parameter is not set an
+                                this parameter is not set, an
                                 application should fall back to
                                 <literal>computer</literal> or a
                                 similar icon name.</para></listitem>