From: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 01:25:23 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: man: fix grammatical errors and other formatting issues
X-Git-Tag: v209~128
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=bcddd5bf8033b0c9cb15a9d017b7714ebe21473a

man: fix grammatical errors and other formatting issues

* standardize capitalization of STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR
* reword some sentences for clarity
* reflow some very long lines to be shorter than ~80 characters
* add some missing <literal>, <constant>, <varname>, <option>, and <filename> tags
---

diff --git a/man/systemd-bus-proxyd.xml b/man/systemd-bus-proxyd.xml
index d53f966ab..e75815fb4 100644
--- a/man/systemd-bus-proxyd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-bus-proxyd.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     <para><command>systemd-bus-proxyd</command> will proxy D-Bus
     messages to and from a bus. The will be either the system bus or
     the bus specified with <option>--address</option> when that option
-    is given. Messages will be proxied to/from stdin and stdout, or
+    is given. Messages will be proxied to/from STDIN and STDOUT, or
     the socket received through socket activation.</para>
 
     <para>This program can be used to connect a program using classic
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
 
-    <para><replaceable>PLACEHOLDER</replaceable> if given must be a string
+    <para><replaceable>PLACEHOLDER</replaceable>, if given, must be a string
     of <literal>x</literal> and will be used to display information about
     the process that <command>systemd-bus-proxyd</command> is forwarding
     messages for.</para>
diff --git a/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml b/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml
index 67f75d1c5..c096f6d7b 100644
--- a/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
                                 <listitem><para>Extract the last coredump
                                 matching specified characteristics.
-                                Coredump will be written on stdout, unless
+                                Coredump will be written on STDOUT, unless
                                 an output file is specified with
                                 <option>-o/--output</option>.
                                 </para></listitem>
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@
 
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Exit status</title>
-                <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
-                code otherwise. Not finding any matching coredumps is treated
+                <para>On success, 0 is returned; otherwise, a non-zero failure
+                code is returned. Not finding any matching coredumps is treated
                 as failure.
                 </para>
         </refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml b/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml
index 7fce3000f..50a10764b 100644
--- a/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--debug</option></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Print debug messages to stderr.</para>
+          <para>Print debug messages to STDERR.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--exec-delay=</option></term>
         <listitem>
-
           <para>Delay the execution of RUN instruction by the given
           number of seconds. This option might be useful when
           debugging system crashes during coldplug caused by loading
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@
         <term><varname>net.ifnames=</varname></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Network interfaces are renamed to give them predictable names
-          when possible. It is enabled by default, specifying 0 disables it.</para>
+          when possible. It is enabled by default; specifying 0 disables it.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 01356e4c4..8b7645c4d 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -491,8 +491,8 @@
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>TTYPath=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Sets the terminal
-                                device node to use if standard input,
-                                output or stderr are connected to a
+                                device node to use if STDIN, STDOUT,
+                                or STDERR are connected to a
                                 TTY (see above). Defaults to
                                 <filename>/dev/console</filename>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 6e9b6696f..be9bdcaf9 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                 script. This is useful for compatibility with
                 SysV. Note that this compatibility is quite
                 comprehensive but not 100%. For details about the
-                incompatibilities see the <ulink
+                incompatibilities, see the <ulink
                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Incompatibilities">Incompatibilities
                 with SysV</ulink> document.
                 </para>
@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@
                                 <varname>PIDFile=</varname> option, so
                                 that systemd can identify the main
                                 process of the daemon. systemd will
-                                proceed starting follow-up units as
-                                soon as the parent process
+                                proceed with starting follow-up units
+                                as soon as the parent process
                                 exits.</para>
 
                                 <para>Behavior of
                                 <option>oneshot</option> is similar
-                                to <option>simple</option>, however
+                                to <option>simple</option>; however,
                                 it is expected that the process has to
                                 exit before systemd starts follow-up
                                 units. <varname>RemainAfterExit=</varname>
@@ -187,13 +187,13 @@
 
                                 <para>Behavior of
                                 <option>dbus</option> is similar to
-                                <option>simple</option>, however it is
+                                <option>simple</option>; however, it is
                                 expected that the daemon acquires a
                                 name on the D-Bus bus, as configured
                                 by
                                 <varname>BusName=</varname>. systemd
-                                will proceed starting follow-up units
-                                after the D-Bus bus name has been
+                                will proceed with starting follow-up
+                                units after the D-Bus bus name has been
                                 acquired. Service units with this
                                 option configured implicitly gain
                                 dependencies on the
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@
 
                                 <para>Behavior of
                                 <option>notify</option> is similar to
-                                <option>simple</option>, however it is
+                                <option>simple</option>; however, it is
                                 expected that the daemon sends a
                                 notification message via
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                                or an equivalent call when it finished
-                                starting up. systemd will proceed
+                                or an equivalent call when it has finished
+                                starting up. systemd will proceed with
                                 starting follow-up units after this
                                 notification message has been sent. If
                                 this option is used,
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 
                                 <para>Behavior of
                                 <option>idle</option> is very similar
-                                to <option>simple</option>, however
+                                to <option>simple</option>; however,
                                 actual execution of the service
                                 binary is delayed until all jobs are
                                 dispatched. This may be used to avoid
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
                                 is set and <option>PIDFile=</option>
                                 is unset because for the other types
                                 or with an explicitly configured PID
-                                file the main PID is always known. The
+                                file, the main PID is always known. The
                                 guessing algorithm might come to
                                 incorrect conclusions if a daemon
                                 consists of more than one process. If
@@ -292,14 +292,13 @@
                                 <term><varname>BusName=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a D-Bus bus
-                                name, that this service is reachable
+                                name that this service is reachable
                                 as. This option is mandatory for
                                 services where
                                 <varname>Type=</varname> is set to
                                 <option>dbus</option>, but its use
-                                is otherwise recommended as well if
-                                the process takes a name on the D-Bus
-                                bus.</para>
+                                is otherwise recommended if the process
+                                takes a name on the D-Bus bus.</para>
                                 </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@
                                 <varname>Type=oneshot</varname> is
                                 used, more than one command may be
                                 specified. Multiple command lines may
-                                be concatenated in a single directive,
+                                be concatenated in a single directive
                                 by separating them with semicolons
                                 (these semicolons must be passed as
                                 separate words). Alternatively, this
@@ -362,12 +361,12 @@
 
                                 <para>If more than one command is
                                 specified, the commands are invoked
-                                one by one sequentially in the order
-                                they appear in the unit file. If one
-                                of the commands fails (and is not
-                                prefixed with <literal>-</literal>),
-                                other lines are not executed and the
-                                unit is considered failed.</para>
+                                sequentially in the order they appear
+                                in the unit file. If one of the
+                                commands fails (and is not prefixed
+                                with <literal>-</literal>), other lines
+                                are not executed, and the unit is
+                                considered failed.</para>
 
                                 <para>Unless
                                 <varname>Type=forking</varname> is
@@ -387,7 +386,7 @@
                                 <para>Basic environment variable
                                 substitution is supported. Use
                                 <literal>${FOO}</literal> as part of a
-                                word, or as a word of its own on the
+                                word, or as a word of its own, on the
                                 command line, in which case it will be
                                 replaced by the value of the
                                 environment variable including all
@@ -410,12 +409,12 @@
                                 fashion may be defined through
                                 <varname>Environment=</varname> and
                                 <varname>EnvironmentFile=</varname>.
-                                In addition, variables listed in
+                                In addition, variables listed in the
                                 section "Environment variables in
                                 spawned processes" in
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                                 which are considered "static
-                                configuration" may used (this includes
+                                configuration", may be used (this includes
                                 e.g. <varname>$USER</varname>, but not
                                 <varname>$TERM</varname>).</para>
 
@@ -447,10 +446,10 @@
                                 <programlisting>ExecStart=/bin/echo one ; /bin/echo "two two"</programlisting>
                                 <para>This will execute
                                 <command>/bin/echo</command> two
-                                times, each time with one argument,
+                                times, each time with one argument:
                                 <literal>one</literal> and
                                 <literal>two two</literal>,
-                                respectively. Since two commands are
+                                respectively. Because two commands are
                                 specified,
                                 <varname>Type=oneshot</varname> must
                                 be used.</para>
@@ -512,8 +511,8 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 here following the same scheme as for
                                 <varname>ExecStart=</varname>.</para>
 
-                                <para>One additional special
-                                environment variables is set: if known
+                                <para>One additional, special
+                                environment variable is set: if known,
                                 <varname>$MAINPID</varname> is set to
                                 the main process of the daemon, and
                                 may be used for command lines like the
@@ -532,15 +531,15 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 following the same scheme as described
                                 for <varname>ExecStart=</varname>
                                 above. Use of this setting is
-                                optional. All processes remaining for
-                                a service after the commands
-                                configured in this option are run are
+                                optional. After the commands configured
+                                in this option are run, all processes
+                                remaining for a service are
                                 terminated according to the
                                 <varname>KillMode=</varname> setting
                                 (see
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>). If
                                 this option is not specified, the
-                                process is terminated right-away when
+                                process is terminated immediately when
                                 service stop is requested. Specifier
                                 and environment variable substitution
                                 is supported (including
@@ -586,14 +585,15 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 daemon service does not signal
                                 start-up completion within the
                                 configured time, the service will be
-                                considered failed and be shut down
-                                again.
+                                considered failed and will be shut
+                                down again.
                                 Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a
                                 time span value such as "5min
-                                20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout
-                                logic. Defaults to <varname>TimeoutStartSec=</varname> from the
-                                manager configuration file, except when
-                                <varname>Type=oneshot</varname> is
+                                20s". Pass <literal>0</literal> to
+                                disable the timeout logic. Defaults to
+                                <varname>TimeoutStartSec=</varname> from
+                                the manager configuration file, except
+                                when <varname>Type=oneshot</varname> is
                                 used, in which case the timeout
                                 is disabled by default.
                                 </para></listitem>
@@ -603,17 +603,18 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 <term><varname>TimeoutStopSec=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Configures the time to
                                 wait for stop. If a service is asked
-                                to stop but does not terminate in the
+                                to stop, but does not terminate in the
                                 specified time, it will be terminated
-                                forcibly via <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, and after
-                                another delay of this time with
-                                <constant>SIGKILL</constant> (See
+                                forcibly via <constant>SIGTERM</constant>,
+                                and after another timeout of equal duration
+                                with <constant>SIGKILL</constant> (see
                                 <varname>KillMode=</varname>
                                 in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
                                 Takes a unit-less value in seconds, or a
                                 time span value such as "5min
-                                20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout
-                                logic. Defaults to <varname>TimeoutStartSec=</varname> from the
+                                20s". Pass <literal>0</literal> to disable
+                                the timeout logic. Defaults to
+                                <varname>TimeoutStartSec=</varname> from the
                                 manager configuration file.
                                 </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
@@ -634,11 +635,11 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 watchdog is activated when the start-up is
                                 completed. The service must call
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                                regularly with "WATCHDOG=1" (i.e. the
-                                "keep-alive ping"). If the time
+                                regularly with <literal>WATCHDOG=1</literal>
+                                (i.e. the "keep-alive ping"). If the time
                                 between two such calls is larger than
                                 the configured time, then the service
-                                is placed in a failure state. By
+                                is placed in a failed state. By
                                 setting <varname>Restart=</varname> to
                                 <option>on-failure</option> or
                                 <option>always</option>, the service
@@ -669,8 +670,8 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 service process exits, is killed,
                                 or a timeout is reached. The service
                                 process may be the main service
-                                process, but also one of the processes
-                                specified with
+                                process, but it may also be one of the
+                                processes specified with
                                 <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname>,
                                 <varname>ExecStartPost=</varname>,
                                 <varname>ExecStopPre=</varname>,
@@ -698,12 +699,15 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 exits cleanly.
                                 In this context, a clean exit means
                                 an exit code of 0, or one of the signals
-                                <constant>SIGHUP</constant>, <constant>SIGINT</constant>, <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, or <constant>SIGPIPE</constant>, and
+                                <constant>SIGHUP</constant>,
+                                <constant>SIGINT</constant>,
+                                <constant>SIGTERM</constant>,
+                                or <constant>SIGPIPE</constant>, and
                                 additionally, exit statuses and signals
                                 specified in <varname>SuccessExitStatus=</varname>.
                                 If set to <option>on-failure</option>,
                                 the service will be restarted when the
-                                process exits with an nonzero exit code,
+                                process exits with a non-zero exit code,
                                 is terminated by a signal (including on
                                 core dump), when an operation (such as
                                 service reload) times out, and when the
@@ -722,7 +726,7 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 <option>always</option>, the service
                                 will be restarted regardless of whether
                                 it exited cleanly or not, got
-                                terminated abnormally by a signal or
+                                terminated abnormally by a signal, or
                                 hit a timeout.</para>
 
                                 <para>In addition to the above settings,
@@ -777,7 +781,7 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a list of exit
                                 status definitions that when returned
                                 by the main service process will
-                                prevent automatic service restarts
+                                prevent automatic service restarts,
                                 regardless of the restart setting
                                 configured with
                                 <varname>Restart=</varname>. Exit
@@ -785,19 +789,20 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 numeric exit codes or termination
                                 signal names, and are separated by
                                 spaces. Defaults to the empty list, so
-                                that by default no exit status is
+                                that, by default, no exit status is
                                 excluded from the configured restart
                                 logic. Example:
                                 <literal>RestartPreventExitStatus=1 6
                                 SIGABRT</literal>, ensures that exit
                                 codes 1 and 6 and the termination
-                                signal SIGABRT will not result in
-                                automatic service restarting. This
-                                option may appear more than once in
-                                which case the list of restart preventing
+                                signal <constant>SIGABRT</constant> will
+                                not result in automatic service
+                                restarting. This
+                                option may appear more than once, in
+                                which case the list of restart-preventing
                                 statuses is merged. If the empty
                                 string is assigned to this option, the
-                                list is reset, all prior assignments
+                                list is reset and all prior assignments
                                 of this option will have no
                                 effect.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
@@ -805,20 +810,20 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>PermissionsStartOnly=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If true, the permission
-                                related execution options as
+                                argument. If true, the permission-related
+                                execution options, as
                                 configured with
                                 <varname>User=</varname> and similar
                                 options (see
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                                for more information) are only applied
+                                for more information), are only applied
                                 to the process started with
                                 <varname>ExecStart=</varname>, and not
                                 to the various other
                                 <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname>,
                                 <varname>ExecStartPost=</varname>,
                                 <varname>ExecReload=</varname>,
-                                <varname>ExecStop=</varname>,
+                                <varname>ExecStop=</varname>, and
                                 <varname>ExecStopPost=</varname>
                                 commands. If false, the setting is
                                 applied to all configured commands the
@@ -829,19 +834,19 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>RootDirectoryStartOnly=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
-                                argument. If true, the root directory
+                                argument. If true, the root directory,
                                 as configured with the
                                 <varname>RootDirectory=</varname>
                                 option (see
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                                for more information) is only applied
+                                for more information), is only applied
                                 to the process started with
                                 <varname>ExecStart=</varname>, and not
                                 to the various other
                                 <varname>ExecStartPre=</varname>,
                                 <varname>ExecStartPost=</varname>,
                                 <varname>ExecReload=</varname>,
-                                <varname>ExecStop=</varname>,
+                                <varname>ExecStop=</varname>, and
                                 <varname>ExecStopPost=</varname>
                                 commands. If false, the setting is
                                 applied to all configured commands the
@@ -851,12 +856,14 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>NonBlocking=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Set O_NONBLOCK flag
+                                <listitem><para>Set the
+                                <constant>O_NONBLOCK</constant> flag
                                 for all file descriptors passed via
                                 socket-based activation. If true, all
                                 file descriptors >= 3 (i.e. all except
                                 STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR) will have
-                                the O_NONBLOCK flag set and hence are in
+                                the <constant>O_NONBLOCK</constant> flag
+                                set and hence are in
                                 non-blocking mode. This option is only
                                 useful in conjunction with a socket
                                 unit, as described in
@@ -912,8 +919,8 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 passed to multiple processes at the
                                 same time. Also note that a different
                                 service may be activated on incoming
-                                traffic than inherits the sockets. Or
-                                in other words: the
+                                traffic than that which inherits the
+                                sockets. Or in other words: the
                                 <varname>Service=</varname> setting of
                                 <filename>.socket</filename> units
                                 does not have to match the inverse of
@@ -926,7 +933,7 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 once, in which case the list of socket
                                 units is merged. If the empty string
                                 is assigned to this option, the list of
-                                sockets is reset, all prior uses of
+                                sockets is reset, and all prior uses of
                                 this setting will have no
                                 effect.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
@@ -937,10 +944,10 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Configure service
                                 start rate limiting. By default,
-                                services which are started more often
-                                than 5 times within 10s are not
+                                services which are started more
+                                than 5 times within 10 seconds are not
                                 permitted to start any more times
-                                until the 10s interval ends. With
+                                until the 10 second interval ends. With
                                 these two options, this rate limiting
                                 may be modified. Use
                                 <varname>StartLimitInterval=</varname>
@@ -955,18 +962,18 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 manager configuration file). These
                                 configuration options are particularly
                                 useful in conjunction with
-                                <varname>Restart=</varname>, however
-                                apply to all kinds of starts
+                                <varname>Restart=</varname>; however,
+                                they apply to all kinds of starts
                                 (including manual), not just those
                                 triggered by the
                                 <varname>Restart=</varname> logic.
                                 Note that units which are configured
                                 for <varname>Restart=</varname> and
                                 which reach the start limit are not
-                                attempted to be restarted anymore,
-                                however they may still be restarted
-                                manually at a later point from which
-                                point on the restart logic is again
+                                attempted to be restarted anymore;
+                                however, they may still be restarted
+                                manually at a later point, from which
+                                point on, the restart logic is again
                                 activated. Note that
                                 <command>systemctl
                                 reset-failed</command> will cause the
@@ -990,18 +997,17 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 hit. Takes one of
                                 <option>none</option>,
                                 <option>reboot</option>,
-                                <option>reboot-force</option> or
+                                <option>reboot-force</option>, or
                                 <option>reboot-immediate</option>. If
                                 <option>none</option> is set,
                                 hitting the rate limit will trigger no
                                 action besides that the start will not
-                                be
-                                permitted. <option>reboot</option>
+                                be permitted. <option>reboot</option>
                                 causes a reboot following the normal
                                 shutdown procedure (i.e. equivalent to
-                                <command>systemctl reboot</command>),
+                                <command>systemctl reboot</command>).
                                 <option>reboot-force</option> causes
-                                an forced reboot which will terminate
+                                a forced reboot which will terminate
                                 all processes forcibly but should
                                 cause no dirty file systems on reboot
                                 (i.e. equivalent to <command>systemctl
@@ -1010,7 +1016,7 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 causes immediate execution of the
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>reboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 system call, which might result in
-                                data loss.  Defaults to
+                                data loss. Defaults to
                                 <option>none</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -1040,22 +1046,21 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 in relation to SysV services lacking
                                 LSB headers. This option is only
                                 necessary to fix ordering in relation
-                                to legacy SysV services, that have no
+                                to legacy SysV services that have no
                                 ordering information encoded in the
-                                script headers. As such it should only
-                                be used as temporary compatibility
-                                option, and not be used in new unit
-                                files. Almost always it is a better
+                                script headers. As such, it should only
+                                be used as a temporary compatibility
+                                option and should not be used in new unit
+                                files. Almost always, it is a better
                                 choice to add explicit ordering
                                 directives via
                                 <varname>After=</varname> or
                                 <varname>Before=</varname>,
-                                instead. For more details see
-                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
-                                used, pass an integer value in the
+                                instead. For more details, see
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+                                If used, pass an integer value in the
                                 range 0-99.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
-
                 </variablelist>
         </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/man/udev.xml b/man/udev.xml
index 32a520e7b..9ea1cae4a 100644
--- a/man/udev.xml
+++ b/man/udev.xml
@@ -255,9 +255,9 @@
             <para>Execute a program to determine whether there
             is a match; the key is true if the program returns
             successfully. The device properties are made available to the
-            executed program in the environment. The program's stdout
-            is available in the RESULT key.</para>
-            <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. For details
+            executed program in the environment. The program's STDOUT
+            is available in the <varname>RESULT</varname> key.</para>
+            <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. For details,
             see <varname>RUN</varname>.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
@@ -265,8 +265,9 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>RESULT</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Match the returned string of the last PROGRAM call. This key can
-            be used in the same or in any later rule after a PROGRAM call.</para>
+            <para>Match the returned string of the last <varname>PROGRAM</varname> call.
+            This key can be used in the same or in any later rule after a
+            <varname>PROGRAM</varname> call.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
@@ -293,9 +294,10 @@
             example, the pattern string <literal>tty[SR]</literal>
             would match either <literal>ttyS</literal> or <literal>ttyR</literal>.
             Ranges are also supported via the <literal>-</literal> character.
-            For example, to match on the range of all digits, the pattern [0-9] could
-            be used. If the first character following the <literal>[</literal> is a
-            <literal>!</literal>, any characters not enclosed are matched.</para>
+            For example, to match on the range of all digits, the pattern
+            <literal>[0-9]</literal> could be used. If the first character
+            following the <literal>[</literal> is a <literal>!</literal>,
+            any characters not enclosed are matched.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
@@ -360,7 +362,8 @@
           <listitem>
             <para>Set a device property value. Property names with a leading <literal>.</literal>
             are neither stored in the database nor exported to events or
-            external tools (run by, say, the PROGRAM match key).</para>
+            external tools (run by, for example, the <varname>PROGRAM</varname>
+            match key).</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -380,24 +383,26 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>RUN{<replaceable>type</replaceable>}</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Add a program to the list of programs to be executed after processing all the
-            rules for a specific event, depending on <literal>type</literal>:</para>
+            <para>Add a program to the list of programs to be executed after
+            processing all the rules for a specific event, depending on
+            <literal>type</literal>:</para>
             <variablelist>
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><literal>program</literal></term>
                 <listitem>
                   <para>Execute an external program specified as the assigned
-                  value. If no absolute path is given, the program is expected to live in
-                  /usr/lib/udev, otherwise the absolute path must be specified.</para>
-                  <para>This is the default if no <replaceable>type</replaceable> is
-                  specified.</para>
+                  value. If no absolute path is given, the program is expected
+                  to live in <filename>/usr/lib/udev</filename>; otherwise, the
+                  absolute path must be specified.</para>
+                  <para>This is the default if no <replaceable>type</replaceable>
+                  is specified.</para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><literal>builtin</literal></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>As <varname>program</varname>, but use one of the built-in programs rather
-                  than an external one.</para>
+                  <para>As <varname>program</varname>, but use one of the
+                  built-in programs rather than an external one.</para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
             </variablelist>
@@ -406,7 +411,7 @@
             <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. Running an
             event process for a long period of time may block all further events for
             this or a dependent device.</para>
-            <para>Starting daemons or other long running processes is not appropriate
+            <para>Starting daemons or other long-running processes is not appropriate
             for udev; the forked processes, detached or not, will be unconditionally
             killed after the event handling has finished.</para>
           </listitem>
@@ -415,14 +420,14 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>LABEL</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>A named label to which a GOTO may jump.</para>
+            <para>A named label to which a <varname>GOTO</varname> may jump.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>GOTO</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Jumps to the next LABEL with a matching name.</para>
+            <para>Jumps to the next <varname>LABEL</varname> with a matching name.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -525,21 +530,24 @@
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><option>static_node=</option></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>Apply the permissions specified in this rule to the static device node with
-                  the specified name. Also, for every tag specified in this rule, create a symlink
+                  <para>Apply the permissions specified in this rule to the
+                  static device node with the specified name. Also, for every
+                  tag specified in this rule, create a symlink
                   in the directory
                   <filename>/run/udev/static_node-tags/<replaceable>tag</replaceable></filename>
-                  pointing at the static device node with the specified name. Static device node
-                  creation is performed by systemd-tmpfiles before systemd-udevd is started. The
-                  static nodes might not have a corresponding kernel device; they are used to
-                  trigger automatic kernel module loading when they are accessed.</para>
+                  pointing at the static device node with the specified name.
+                  Static device node creation is performed by systemd-tmpfiles
+                  before systemd-udevd is started. The static nodes might not
+                  have a corresponding kernel device; they are used to trigger
+                  automatic kernel module loading when they are accessed.</para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><option>watch</option></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>Watch the device node with inotify; when the node is closed after being opened for
-                  writing, a change uevent is synthesized.</para>
+                  <para>Watch the device node with inotify; when the node is
+                  closed after being opened for writing, a change uevent is
+                  synthesized.</para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
               <varlistentry>
@@ -553,13 +561,15 @@
         </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
 
-      <para>The <varname>NAME</varname>, <varname>SYMLINK</varname>, <varname>PROGRAM</varname>,
-      <varname>OWNER</varname>, <varname>GROUP</varname>, <varname>MODE</varname>  and  <varname>RUN</varname>
-      fields support simple string substitutions. The <varname>RUN</varname>
-      substitutions are performed after all rules have been processed, right before the program
-      is executed, allowing for the use of device properties set by earlier matching
-      rules. For all other fields, substitutions are performed while the individual rule is
-      being processed. The available substitutions are:</para>
+      <para>The <varname>NAME</varname>, <varname>SYMLINK</varname>,
+      <varname>PROGRAM</varname>, <varname>OWNER</varname>,
+      <varname>GROUP</varname>, <varname>MODE</varname>, and
+      <varname>RUN</varname> fields support simple string substitutions.
+      The <varname>RUN</varname> substitutions are performed after all rules
+      have been processed, right before the program is executed, allowing for
+      the use of device properties set by earlier matching rules. For all other
+      fields, substitutions are performed while the individual rule is being
+      processed. The available substitutions are:</para>
       <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>$kernel</option>, <option>%k</option></term>
@@ -572,7 +582,8 @@
           <term><option>$number</option>, <option>%n</option></term>
           <listitem>
             <para>The kernel number for this device. For example,
-            <literal>sda3</literal> has kernel number <literal>3</literal>.</para>
+              <literal>sda3</literal> has kernel number <literal>3</literal>.
+            </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -586,8 +597,9 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>$id</option>, <option>%b</option></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The name of the device matched while searching the devpath upwards for
-              <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>KERNELS</option>, <option>DRIVERS</option> and <option>ATTRS</option>.
+            <para>The name of the device matched while searching the devpath
+              upwards for <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>KERNELS</option>,
+              <option>DRIVERS</option>, and <option>ATTRS</option>.
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
@@ -595,8 +607,10 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>$driver</option></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The driver name of the device matched while searching the devpath upwards for
-              <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>KERNELS</option>, <option>DRIVERS</option> and <option>ATTRS</option>.
+            <para>The driver name of the device matched while searching the
+              devpath upwards for <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>,
+              <option>KERNELS</option>, <option>DRIVERS</option>, and
+              <option>ATTRS</option>.
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
@@ -605,12 +619,15 @@
           <term><option>$attr{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option>, <option>%s{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option></term>
           <listitem>
             <para>The value of a sysfs attribute found at the device where
-            all keys of the rule have matched. If the matching device does not have
-            such an attribute, and a previous KERNELS, SUBSYSTEMS, DRIVERS, or
-            ATTRS test selected a parent device, then the attribute from that
-            parent device is used.</para>
-            <para>If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
-            returned as the value.</para>
+              all keys of the rule have matched. If the matching device does not
+              have such an attribute, and a previous <option>KERNELS</option>,
+              <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>DRIVERS</option>, or
+              <option>ATTRS</option> test selected a parent device, then the
+              attribute from that parent device is used.
+            </para>
+            <para>If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the
+              symlink target is returned as the value.
+            </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -638,7 +655,8 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>$result</option>, <option>%c</option></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The string returned by the external program requested with PROGRAM.
+            <para>The string returned by the external program requested with
+            <varname>PROGRAM</varname>.
             A single part of the string, separated by a space character, may be selected
             by specifying the part number as an attribute: <literal>%c{N}</literal>.
             If the number is followed by the <literal>+</literal> character, this part plus all remaining parts
@@ -816,22 +834,28 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>MACAddressPolicy</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The policy by which the MAC address should be set. The available policies are:</para>
+            <para>The policy by which the MAC address should be set. The
+              available policies are:
+            </para>
             <variablelist>
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><literal>persistent</literal></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>If the hardware has a persistent MAC address, as most hardware should, and this is used by
-                  the kernel, nothing is done. Otherwise, a new MAC address is generated which is guaranteed to be
-                  the same on every boot for the given machine and the given device, but which is otherwise random.
+                  <para>If the hardware has a persistent MAC address, as most
+                    hardware should, and this is used by the kernel, nothing is
+                    done. Otherwise, a new MAC address is generated which is
+                    guaranteed to be the same on every boot for the given
+                    machine and the given device, but which is otherwise random.
                   </para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><literal>random</literal></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>If the kernel is using a random MAC address, nothing is done. Otherwise, a new address is
-                  randomly generated each time the device appears, typically at boot.</para>
+                  <para>If the kernel is using a random MAC address, nothing is
+                    done. Otherwise, a new address is randomly generated each
+                    time the device appears, typically at boot.
+                  </para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
             </variablelist>
@@ -840,44 +864,58 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>MACAddress</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The MAC address to use, if no <literal>MACAddressPolicy</literal> is specified.</para>
+            <para>The MAC address to use, if no <literal>MACAddressPolicy</literal>
+              is specified.
+            </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>NamePolicy</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>An ordered, space-separated list of policies by which the interface name should be set.
-            <literal>NamePolicy</literal> may be disabeld by specifying <literal>net.ifnames=0</literal> on the
-            kernel commandline. Each of the policies may fail, and the first successfull one is used. The name
-            is not set directly, but exported to udev as the property <literal>ID_NET_NAME</literal>, which is
-            by default used by an udev rule to set <literal>NAME</literal>. The available policies are:</para>
+            <para>An ordered, space-separated list of policies by which the
+              interface name should be set. <literal>NamePolicy</literal> may
+              be disabeld by specifying <literal>net.ifnames=0</literal> on the
+              kernel commandline. Each of the policies may fail, and the first
+              successfull one is used. The name is not set directly, but
+              is exported to udev as the property <literal>ID_NET_NAME</literal>,
+              which is, by default, used by a udev rule to set
+              <literal>NAME</literal>. The available policies are:
+            </para>
             <variablelist>
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><literal>onboard</literal></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>The name is set based on information given by the firmware for on-board devices, as
-                  exported by the udev property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD</literal>.</para>
+                  <para>The name is set based on information given by the
+                    firmware for on-board devices, as exported by the udev
+                    property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD</literal>.
+                  </para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><literal>slot</literal></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>The name is set based on information given by the firmware for hot-plug devices, as
-                  exported by the udev property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</literal>.</para>
+                  <para>The name is set based on information given by the
+                    firmware for hot-plug devices, as exported by the udev
+                    property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_SLOT</literal>.
+                  </para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><literal>path</literal></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>The name is set based on the device's physical location, as exported by the udev
-                  property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_PATH</literal>.</para>
+                  <para>The name is set based on the device's physical location,
+                    as exported by the udev property
+                    <literal>ID_NET_NAME_PATH</literal>.
+                  </para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><literal>mac</literal></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>The name is set based on the device's persistent MAC address, as exported by the udev
-                  property <literal>ID_NET_NAME_MAC</literal>.</para>
+                  <para>The name is set based on the device's persistent MAC
+                    address, as exported by the udev property
+                    <literal>ID_NET_NAME_MAC</literal>.
+                  </para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
             </variablelist>
@@ -886,8 +924,10 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>Name</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The interface name to use in case all the policies specified in <literal>NamePolicy</literal>
-            fail, or in case <literal>NamePolicy</literal> is missing or disabled.</para>
+            <para>The interface name to use in case all the policies specified
+              in <literal>NamePolicy</literal> fail, or in case
+              <literal>NamePolicy</literal> is missing or disabled.
+            </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
@@ -905,14 +945,17 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>Duplex</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The duplex mode to set for the device. The accepted values are <literal>half</literal> and
-            <literal>full</literal>.</para>
+            <para>The duplex mode to set for the device. The accepted values
+              are <literal>half</literal> and <literal>full</literal>.
+            </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>WakeOnLan</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The Wake-On-Lan policy to set for the device. The supported values are:</para>
+            <para>The Wake-on-LAN policy to set for the device. The supported
+              values are:
+            </para>
             <variablelist>
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><literal>phy</literal></term>
@@ -923,7 +966,7 @@
               <varlistentry>
                 <term><literal>magic</literal></term>
                 <listitem>
-                  <para>Wake on receipt of magic packet.</para>
+                  <para>Wake on receipt of a magic packet.</para>
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
               <varlistentry>
@@ -940,11 +983,13 @@
 
   <refsect1>
     <title>See Also</title>
-    <para><citerefentry>
+    <para>
+      <citerefentry>
         <refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
       </citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry>
         <refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
-    </citerefentry></para>
+      </citerefentry>
+    </para>
   </refsect1>
 </refentry>
diff --git a/man/udevadm.xml b/man/udevadm.xml
index f5aafe50b..e437c243c 100644
--- a/man/udevadm.xml
+++ b/man/udevadm.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--debug</option></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Print debug messages to stderr.</para>
+          <para>Print debug messages to STDERR.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>