doc: update punctuation

Resolve spotted issues related to missing or extraneous commas, dashes.

16 files changed, 68 insertions, 68 deletions

diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 8890c64a41..626d820151 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -521,16 +521,16 @@
                                 unit names found in the journal is
                                 compared with the specified pattern
                                 and all that match are used. For each
-                                unit name a match is added for
+                                unit name, a match is added for
                                 messages from the unit
-                                (<literal>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=<replaceable>UNIT</replaceable></literal>)
+                                (<literal>_SYSTEMD_UNIT=<replaceable>UNIT</replaceable></literal>),
                                 along with additional matches for
                                 messages from systemd and messages
                                 about coredumps for the specified
                                 unit.</para>
 
                                 <para>This parameter can be specified
-                                multiple times. </para></listitem>
+                                multiple times.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/sd_bus_error.xml b/man/sd_bus_error.xml
index 99a08c7ef7..642b0b96d0 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_error.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_error.xml
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     <parameter>e</parameter>. If the strings in
     <parameter>e</parameter> were set using
     <function>sd_bus_set_error_const</function>, they will be shared.
-    Otherwie they wil be copied.</para>
+    Otherwie, they wil be copied.</para>
 
     <para><function>sd_bus_error_is_set</function> will return
     <constant>true</constant> if <parameter>e</parameter> is
diff --git a/man/sd_bus_new.xml b/man/sd_bus_new.xml
index 3ac297a5ff..573def72c9 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_new.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_new.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     <title>Description</title>
 
     <para><function>sd_bus_new()</function> creates a new bus
-    object. This object is reference counted, and will be destroyed
+    object. This object is reference-counted, and will be destroyed
     when all references are gone. Initially, the caller of this
     function owns the sole reference.</para>
 
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index a80d3720e4..418e71f779 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
             failed state usually are not loaded, and would not be
             matched by any pattern. In addition, in case of
             instantiated units, systemd is often unaware of the
-            instance name until the instance has been started. Therefore
+            instance name until the instance has been started. Therefore,
             using glob patterns with <command>start</command>
             has limited usefulness.</para>
           </listitem>
@@ -1199,9 +1199,9 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
           <listitem>
             <para>Import all, one or more environment variables set on
             the client into the systemd manager environment block. If
-            no arguments are passed the entire environment block is
-            imported. Otherwise a list of one or more environment
-            variable names should be passed, whose client side values
+            no arguments are passed, the entire environment block is
+            imported. Otherwise, a list of one or more environment
+            variable names should be passed, whose client-side values
             are then imported into the manager's environment
             block.</para>
           </listitem>
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
       <programlisting># systemctl status dev-sda.device
 # systemctl status home.mount</programlisting>
       In the second case, shell-style globs will be matched against
-      currently loaded units, and literal unit names, with or without
+      currently loaded units; literal unit names, with or without
       a suffix, will be treated as in the first case. This means that
       literal unit names always refer to exactly one unit, but globs
       may match zero units and this is not considered an error.</para>
diff --git a/man/systemd-cat.xml b/man/systemd-cat.xml
index 16a8eb456c..e61a6ac8f9 100644
--- a/man/systemd-cat.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-cat.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
                 <para>Even though the two examples have very similar
                 effects the first is preferable since only one process
                 is running at a time, and both stdout and stderr are
-                captured while in the second example only stdout is
+                captured while in the second example, only stdout is
                 captured.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/man/systemd-networkd.service.xml b/man/systemd-networkd.service.xml
index 1b1ea4c5fe..48521df2df 100644
--- a/man/systemd-networkd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-networkd.service.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>Id</varname></term>
                                         <listitem>
-                                                <para>The VLAN ID to use. An integer in the range 0-4094.
+                                                <para>The VLAN ID to use. An integer in the range 0–4094.
                                                 This option is compulsory.</para>
                                         </listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>DHCP</varname></term>
                                         <listitem>
-                                                <para>A boolean. When true enables basic DHCPv4 support.</para>
+                                                <para>A boolean. When true, enables basic DHCPv4 support.</para>
                                         </listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
                                 <varlistentry>
@@ -283,28 +283,28 @@
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>UseDNS</varname></term>
                                         <listitem>
-                                                <para>When true (the default) the DNS servers received from the DHCP server will
-                                                be used, and take precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
+                                                <para>When true (the default), the DNS servers received from the DHCP server will
+                                                be used and take precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
                                         </listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>UseMTU</varname></term>
                                         <listitem>
-                                                <para>When true the interface maximum transmission unit from the DHCP server will
+                                                <para>When true, the interface maximum transmission unit from the DHCP server will
                                                 be used on the current link. Defaults to false.</para>
                                         </listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>UseHostname</varname></term>
                                         <listitem>
-                                                <para>When true (the default) the hostname received from the DHCP server
+                                                <para>When true (the default), the hostname received from the DHCP server
                                                 will be used as the transient hostname.</para>
                                         </listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
                                 <varlistentry>
                                         <term><varname>CriticalConnection</varname></term>
                                         <listitem>
-                                                <para>When true the connection will never be torn down even if the DHCP lease
+                                                <para>When true, the connection will never be torn down even if the DHCP lease
                                                 expires. This is contrary to the DHCP specification, but may be the best choice
                                                 if, say, the root filesystem relies on this connection. Defaults to false.</para>
                                         </listitem>
diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 665518dd15..5bddd89503 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
                                 <option>--network-interface=</option>
                                 and configured with
                                 <option>--network-veth</option>. If
-                                this option is specified the
+                                this option is specified, the
                                 CAP_NET_ADMIN capability will be added
                                 to the set of capabilities the
                                 container retains. The latter may be
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
                                 specified interface from the calling
                                 namespace and place it in the
                                 container. When the container
-                                terminates it is moved back to the
+                                terminates, it is moved back to the
                                 host namespace. Note that
                                 <option>--network-interface=</option>
                                 implies
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
                                 is retained if
                                 <option>--private-network</option> is
                                 specified. If the special value
-                                <literal>all</literal> is passed all
+                                <literal>all</literal> is passed, all
                                 capabilities are
                                 retained.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@
                                 and shown by tools such as
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. If
                                 the container does not run an init
-                                system it is recommended to set this
+                                system, it is recommended to set this
                                 option to <literal>no</literal>. Note
                                 that <option>--share-system</option>
                                 implies
diff --git a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
index c33e010e36..6c1b1e7ee7 100644
--- a/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-system.conf.xml
@@ -222,15 +222,15 @@
                                 used as an effective way to disable
                                 invocation of non-native binaries
                                 system-wide, for example to prohibit
-                                execution of 32bit x86 binaries on
-                                64bit x86-64 systems. This option
-                                operates system wide, and acts
+                                execution of 32-bit x86 binaries on
+                                64-bit x86-64 systems. This option
+                                operates system-wide, and acts
                                 similar to the
                                 <varname>SystemCallArchitectures=</varname>
                                 setting of unit files, see
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for details. This setting defaults to
-                                the empty list in which case no
+                                the empty list, in which case no
                                 filtering of system calls based on
                                 architecture is applied. Known
                                 architecture identifiers are
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
                                 execution of any non-native
                                 binaries. When a binary executes a
                                 system call of an architecture that is
-                                not listed in this setting it will be
+                                not listed in this setting, it will be
                                 immediately terminated with the SIGSYS
                                 signal.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
                                 <term><varname>DefaultRestartSec=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Configures the default
-                                time-outs for starting and stopping of
+                                timeouts for starting and stopping of
                                 units, as well as the default time to
                                 sleep between automatic restarts of
                                 units, as configured per-unit in
diff --git a/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml b/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml
index b3bca2fec2..0e49fa07f6 100644
--- a/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@
         <term><option>--resolve-names=</option></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Specify when systemd-udevd should resolve names of users and groups.
-          When set to <option>early</option> (the default) names will be
+          When set to <option>early</option> (the default), names will be
           resolved when the rules are parsed.  When set to
-          <option>late</option> names will be resolved for every event.
-          When set to <option>never</option> names will never be resolved
+          <option>late</option>, names will be resolved for every event.
+          When set to <option>never</option>, names will never be resolved
           and all devices will be owned by root.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index a9e54cb03b..c08feba27e 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@
 
                                 <para>If you specify both types of
                                 this option (i.e. whitelisting and
-                                blacklisting) the first encountered
+                                blacklisting), the first encountered
                                 will take precedence and will dictate
                                 the default action (termination or
                                 approval of a system call). Then the
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@
                                 default action (e.g. You have started
                                 with a whitelisting of
                                 <function>read</function> and
-                                <function>write</function> and right
+                                <function>write</function>, and right
                                 after it add a blacklisting of
                                 <function>write</function>, then
                                 <function>write</function> will be
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@
                                 <literal>EACCES</literal> or
                                 <literal>EUCLEAN</literal>. When this
                                 setting is not used, or when the empty
-                                string is assigned the process will be
+                                string is assigned, the process will be
                                 terminated immediately when the filter
                                 is triggered.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
@@ -1099,8 +1099,8 @@
                                 unit. This is an effective way to
                                 disable compatibility with non-native
                                 architectures for processes, for
-                                example to prohibit execution of 32bit
-                                x86 binaries on 64bit x86-64
+                                example to prohibit execution of 32-bit
+                                x86 binaries on 64-bit x86-64
                                 systems. The special
                                 <literal>native</literal> identifier
                                 implicitly maps to the native
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@
                                 that setting this option to a
                                 non-empty list implies that
                                 <literal>native</literal> is included
-                                too. By default this option is set to
+                                too. By default, this option is set to
                                 the empty list, i.e. no architecture
                                 system call filtering is applied. Note
                                 that configuring a system call filter
diff --git a/man/systemd.kill.xml b/man/systemd.kill.xml
index a4009aa38a..39796470a0 100644
--- a/man/systemd.kill.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.kill.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                                 <varname>ExecStop=</varname>). If set
                                 to <option>process</option>, only the
                                 main process itself is killed. If set
-                                to <option>mixed</option> the
+                                to <option>mixed</option>, the
                                 <constant>SIGTERM</constant> signal
                                 (see below) is sent to the main
                                 process while the subsequent
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
                                 processes of the unit's control
                                 group. If set to
                                 <option>none</option>, no process is
-                                killed. In this case only the stop
+                                killed. In this case, only the stop
                                 command will be executed on unit stop,
                                 but no process be killed
                                 otherwise. Processes remaining alive
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index f3ba6574ce..3b2a7cfece 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -748,29 +748,29 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}</programlisting>
                                 definitions can either be numeric exit
                                 codes or termination signal names,
                                 separated by spaces. For example:
-				<programlisting>SuccessExitStatus=1 2 8 <constant>SIGKILL</constant></programlisting>
-				ensures that exit codes 1, 2, 8 and
-				the termination signal
-				<constant>SIGKILL</constant> are
-				considered clean service terminations.
-			        </para>
-
-				<para>Note that if a process has a
-				signal handler installed and exits by
-				calling
-				<citerefentry><refentrytitle>_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-				in response to a signal, the
-				information about the signal is lost.
-				Programs should instead perform cleanup and kill themselves with the same signal instead. See
-				<ulink url="http://www.cons.org/cracauer/sigint.html">Proper handling of SIGINT/SIGQUIT — How to be a proper program</ulink>.</para>
-
-				<para>This option may appear more than once
-				in which case the list of successful
-				exit statuses is merged. If the empty
-				string is assigned to this option, the
-				list is reset, all prior assignments
-				of this option will have no
-				effect.</para></listitem>
+                                <programlisting>SuccessExitStatus=1 2 8 <constant>SIGKILL</constant></programlisting>
+                                ensures that exit codes 1, 2, 8 and
+                                the termination signal
+                                <constant>SIGKILL</constant> are
+                                considered clean service terminations.
+                                </para>
+
+                                <para>Note that if a process has a
+                                signal handler installed and exits by
+                                calling
+                                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                in response to a signal, the
+                                information about the signal is lost.
+                                Programs should instead perform cleanup and kill themselves with the same signal instead. See
+                                <ulink url="http://www.cons.org/cracauer/sigint.html">Proper handling of SIGINT/SIGQUIT — How to be a proper program</ulink>.</para>
+
+                                <para>This option may appear more than once,
+                                in which case the list of successful
+                                exit statuses is merged. If the empty
+                                string is assigned to this option, the
+                                list is reset, all prior assignments
+                                of this option will have no
+                                effect.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 71d1ab916d..f495fe3666 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
                 which configure resource control settings for the
                 processes of the socket.</para>
 
-                <para>For each socket file a matching service file
+                <para>For each socket file, a matching service file
                 must exist, describing the service to start on
                 incoming traffic on the socket (see
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
                                 before the interface it is configured
                                 on is up and running, and even
                                 regardless of whether it will be up and
-                                running at any point. To deal with this
+                                running at any point. To deal with this,
                                 it is recommended to set the
                                 <varname>FreeBind=</varname> option
                                 described below.</para></listitem>
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
                                 <varname>Accept=no</varname>. It
                                 defaults to the service that bears the
                                 same name as the socket (with the
-                                suffix replaced). In most cases it
+                                suffix replaced). In most cases, it
                                 should not be necessary to use this
                                 option.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.special.xml b/man/systemd.special.xml
index 76bb5cdcf3..8ccccc2798 100644
--- a/man/systemd.special.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.special.xml
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@
                 services. These targets are generally not part of the
                 initial boot transaction, unless they are explicitly
                 pulled in by one of the implementing services. Note
-                specifically, that these <emphasis>passive</emphasis>
+                specifically that these <emphasis>passive</emphasis>
                 target units are generally not pulled in by the
                 consumer of a service, but by the provider of the
                 service. This means: a consuming service should order
diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
index bb3a6d1386..98d4f7b7b9 100644
--- a/man/systemd.timer.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
                                 later. Within this time window, the
                                 expiry time will be placed at a
                                 host-specific, randomized but stable
-                                position, that is synchronized between
+                                position that is synchronized between
                                 all local timer units. This is done in
                                 order to distribute the wake-up time
                                 in networked installations, as well as
diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
index 4e35c9695b..4abd8902a4 100644
--- a/man/systemd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.xml
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
                 and ordering dependencies are placed between two
                 units. Also note that the majority of dependencies are
                 implicitly created and maintained by systemd. In most
-                cases it should be unnecessary to declare additional
+                cases, it should be unnecessary to declare additional
                 dependencies manually, however it is possible to do
                 this.</para>