man: Fix various typos

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 51dcdcd947..7c8005c9c0 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
                                 be specified more than once in which
                                 case all listed groups are set as
                                 supplementary groups. This option does
-                                not override but extend the list of
+                                not override but extends the list of
                                 supplementary groups configured in the
                                 system group database for the
                                 user.</para></listitem>
@@ -301,10 +301,11 @@
                                 below) and the executed process
                                 becomes the controlling process of the
                                 terminal. If the terminal is already
-                                being controlled by another process it
-                                is waited until that process releases
-                                the
-                                terminal. <option>tty-force</option>
+                                being controlled by another process the
+                                executed process waits until the current
+                                controlling process releases the
+                                terminal.
+                                <option>tty-force</option>
                                 is similar to <option>tty</option>,
                                 but the executed process is forcefully
                                 and immediately made the controlling
@@ -500,15 +501,15 @@
                                 <term><varname>TimerSlackNSec=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Sets the timer slack
                                 in nanoseconds for the executed
-                                processes The timer slack controls the
+                                processes. The timer slack controls the
                                 accuracy of wake-ups triggered by
                                 timers. See
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>prctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for more information. Note that in
                                 contrast to most other time span
-                                definitions this value is takes a
-                                nano-seconds integer and does not
-                                understand any other
+                                definitions this parameter takes an
+                                integer value in nano-seconds and does
+                                not understand any other
                                 units.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 2db146b719..c77992d07c 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
                                 <term><varname>Restart=</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Configures whether the
                                 main service process shall be
-                                restarted when it exists. Takes one of
+                                restarted when it exits. Takes one of
                                 <option>no</option>,
                                 <option>on-success</option>,
                                 <option>on-failure</option>,
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
                                 group and the control group continues
                                 to exist after stop unless it is
                                 empty. Defaults to
-                                <option>control-croup</option>.</para>
+                                <option>control-group</option>.</para>
 
                                 <para>Processes will first be
                                 terminated via SIGTERM. If then after
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
                                 <option>main</option> or
                                 <option>all</option>. If
                                 <option>none</option> no daemon status
-                                updates are accepted by the service
+                                updates are accepted from the service
                                 processes, all status update messages
                                 are ignored. If <option>main</option>
                                 only service updates sent from the
diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
index 6aa4f70527..f434bfcc58 100644
--- a/man/systemd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.xml
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.timer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
 
                         <listitem><para>Swap units are very similar to
-                        mount units and encapsulated memory swap
+                        mount units and encapsulate memory swap
                         partitions or files of the operating
-                        systemd. They are described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
+                        system. They are described in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
 
                         <listitem><para>Path units may be used
                         to activate other services when file system
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
 
                 <para>Units are named as their configuration
                 files. Some units have special semantics. A detailed
-                list you may find in
+                list is available in
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
                 <para>systemd knows various kinds of dependencies,
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
                 this.</para>
 
                 <para>Application programs and units (via
-                dependencies) may requests state changes of units. In
+                dependencies) may request state changes of units. In
                 systemd, these requests are encapsulated as 'jobs' and
                 maintained in a job queue. Jobs may succeed or can
                 fail, their execution is ordered based on the ordering
@@ -851,8 +851,8 @@
                                 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean
                                 argument. If <option>true</option>
                                 systemd spawns a shell when it
-                                crashes. Otherwise no core dump is
-                                created. Defaults to
+                                crashes. Otherwise no shell is
+                                spawned. Defaults to
                                 <option>false</option>, for security
                                 reasons, as the shell is not protected
                                 by any password