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authorJason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu>2013-06-27 21:51:44 +0200
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-07-02 23:06:22 -0400
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man: improve grammar and word formatting in numerous man pages
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diff --git a/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml b/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml
index 15e17619d0..0b9580308a 100644
--- a/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml
+++ b/man/sd_id128_randomize.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_id128_randomize</refname>
- <refpurpose>Generate 128 bit IDs</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Generate 128-bit IDs</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>
- generates a new randomized 128 bit ID and returns it
+ generates a new randomized 128-bit ID and returns it
in <parameter>ret</parameter>. Every invocation
returns a new randomly generated ID. This uses the
<filename>/dev/urandom</filename> kernel random number
@@ -71,16 +71,15 @@
<para>Note that
<function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> always returns
- a UUID v4 compatible
- ID.</para>
+ a UUID v4-compatible ID.</para>
<para>For more information about the
- <literal>sd_id128_t</literal> type see
+ <literal>sd_id128_t</literal> type, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
- <option>--new-id</option> option may be used as
- command line front-end for
+ <option>--new-id</option> option may be used as a
+ command-line front-end for
<function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>.</para>
</refsect1>