doc: correct orthography, word forms and missing/extraneous words

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 1a61fcf72e..2fe24fd139 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>The argument should be a comma-separated list of unit
           LOAD, SUB, or ACTIVE states. When listing units, show only
-          those in specified states. Use <option>--state=failed</option>
+          those in the specified states. Use <option>--state=failed</option>
           to show only failed units.</para>
 
           <para>As a special case, if one of the arguments is
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>When used with
           <command>enable</command>/<command>disable</command>/<command>is-enabled</command>
-          (and related commands), use alternative root path when
+          (and related commands), use an alternate root path when
           looking for unit files.</para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
             <para>Show properties of one or more units, jobs, or the
             manager itself. If no argument is specified, properties of
             the manager will be shown. If a unit name is specified,
-            properties of the unit is shown, and if a job id is
+            properties of the unit is shown, and if a job ID is
             specified, properties of the job is shown. By default, empty
             properties are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to
             show those too. To select specific properties to show, use
@@ -1158,17 +1158,17 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
                   </row>
                   <row>
                     <entry><literal>static</literal></entry>
-                    <entry>Unit file is not enabled, and has no provisions for enabling in the <literal>[Install]</literal> section.</entry>
+                    <entry>The unit file is not enabled, and has no provisions for enabling in the <literal>[Install]</literal> section.</entry>
                     <entry>0</entry>
                   </row>
                   <row>
                     <entry><literal>indirect</literal></entry>
-                    <entry>Unit file itself is not enabled, but it has a non-empty <varname>Also=</varname> setting in the <literal>[Install]</literal> section, listing other unit files that might be enabled.</entry>
+                    <entry>The unit file itself is not enabled, but it has a non-empty <varname>Also=</varname> setting in the <literal>[Install]</literal> section, listing other unit files that might be enabled.</entry>
                     <entry>0</entry>
                   </row>
                   <row>
                     <entry><literal>disabled</literal></entry>
-                    <entry>Unit file is not enabled.</entry>
+                    <entry>The unit file is not enabled.</entry>
                     <entry>&gt; 0</entry>
                   </row>
                 </tbody>
@@ -1227,12 +1227,12 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
 
           <listitem>
             <para>Adds <literal>Wants=</literal> or <literal>Requires=</literal>
-            dependency, respectively, to the specified
+            dependencies, respectively, to the specified
             <replaceable>TARGET</replaceable> for one or more units. </para>
 
             <para>This command honors <option>--system</option>,
             <option>--user</option>, <option>--runtime</option> and
-            <option>--global</option> in a similar way as
+            <option>--global</option> in a way similar to
             <command>enable</command>.</para>
 
           </listitem>
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
 
             <para>Depending on whether <option>--system</option> (the default),
             <option>--user</option>, or <option>--global</option> is specified,
-            this creates a drop-in file for each unit either for the system,
+            this command creates a drop-in file for each unit either for the system,
             for the calling user, or for all futures logins of all users. Then,
             the editor (see the "Environment" section below) is invoked on
             temporary files which will be written to the real location if the
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
           <term><command>daemon-reload</command></term>
 
           <listitem>
-            <para>Reload systemd manager configuration. This will
+            <para>Reload the systemd manager configuration. This will
             rerun all generators (see
             <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
             reload all unit files, and recreate the entire dependency
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
             maintenance mode, and with no failed services. Failure is
             returned otherwise (exit code non-zero). In addition, the
             current state is printed in a short string to standard
-            output, see table below. Use <option>--quiet</option> to
+            output, see the table below. Use <option>--quiet</option> to
             suppress this output.</para>
 
             <table>