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diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 9d939e0da5..4725604c03 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--private-users=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Enables user namespacing. If enabled the
+ <listitem><para>Enables user namespacing. If enabled, the
container will run with its own private set of Unix user and
group ids (UIDs and GIDs). Takes none, one or two
colon-separated parameters: the first parameter specifies the
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
assigned. If the first parameter is also omitted (and hence
no parameter passed at all), the first UID assigned to the
container is read from the owner of the root directory of the
- container's directory tree. By default no user namespacing is
+ container's directory tree. By default, no user namespacing is
applied.</para>
<para>Note that user namespacing currently requires OS trees
@@ -344,15 +344,15 @@
must be shifted to the container UID base that is
used during container runtime.</para>
- <para>It is recommended to assign as least 65536 UIDs to each
+ <para>It is recommended to assign at least 65536 UIDs to each
container, so that the usable UID range in the container
- covers 16bit. For best security do not assign overlapping UID
+ covers 16 bit. For best security, do not assign overlapping UID
ranges to multiple containers. It is hence a good idea to use
- the upper 16bit of the host 32bit UIDs as container
- identifier, while the lower 16bit encode the container UID
+ the upper 16 bit of the host 32-bit UIDs as container
+ identifier, while the lower 16 bit encode the container UID
used.</para>
- <para>When user namespaces are used the GID range assigned to
+ <para>When user namespaces are used, the GID range assigned to
each container is always chosen identical to the UID
range.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
which case <literal>tcp</literal> is assumed. The container
port number and its colon may be omitted, in which case the
same port as the host port is implied. This option is only
- supported if private networking is used, such as
+ supported if private networking is used, such as with
<option>--network-veth</option> or
<option>--network-bridge=</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -575,15 +575,15 @@
<term><option>--bind-ro=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Bind mount a file or directory from the host
- into the container. Takes one of: a path argument -- in which
+ into the container. Takes one of: a path argument — in which
case the specified path will be mounted from the host to the
- same path in the container --, or a colon-separated pair of
- paths -- in which case the first specified path is the source
+ same path in the container —, or a colon-separated pair of
+ paths — in which case the first specified path is the source
in the host, and the second path is the destination in the
- container --, or a colon-separated triple of source path,
- destination path and mount options. Mount options are comma
- separated and currently only "rbind" and "norbind"
- are allowed. Defaults to "rbind". Backslash escapes are interpreted so
+ container —, or a colon-separated triple of source path,
+ destination path and mount options. Mount options are
+ comma-separated and currently, only "rbind" and "norbind"
+ are allowed. Defaults to "rbind". Backslash escapes are interpreted, so
<literal>\:</literal> may be used to embed colons in either path.
This option may be specified multiple times for
creating multiple independent bind mount points. The
@@ -599,13 +599,13 @@
mount the tmpfs instance to (in which case the directory
access mode will be chosen as 0755, owned by root/root), or
optionally a colon-separated pair of path and mount option
- string, that is used for mounting (in which case the kernel
+ string that is used for mounting (in which case the kernel
default for access mode and owner will be chosen, unless
otherwise specified). This option is particularly useful for
mounting directories such as <filename>/var</filename> as
tmpfs, to allow state-less systems, in particular when
combined with <option>--read-only</option>.
- Backslash escapes are interpreted in the path so
+ Backslash escapes are interpreted in the path, so
<literal>\:</literal> may be used to embed colons in the path.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -630,9 +630,9 @@
overlay file system. The left-most path is hence the lowest
directory tree, the second-to-last path the highest directory
tree in the stacking order. If <option>--overlay-ro=</option>
- is used instead of <option>--overlay=</option> a read-only
+ is used instead of <option>--overlay=</option>, a read-only
overlay file system is created. If a writable overlay file
- system is created all changes made to it are written to the
+ system is created, all changes made to it are written to the
highest directory tree in the stacking order, i.e. the
second-to-last specified.</para>
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
<listitem><para>Controls whether the container is registered
with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- Takes a boolean argument, defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.
+ Takes a boolean argument, which defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.
This option should be enabled when the container runs a full
Operating System (more specifically: an init system), and is
useful to ensure that the container is accessible via
@@ -752,20 +752,20 @@
<listitem><para>Boots the container in volatile mode. When no
mode parameter is passed or when mode is specified as
- <option>yes</option> full volatile mode is enabled. This
- means the root directory is mounted as mostly unpopulated
+ <option>yes</option>, full volatile mode is enabled. This
+ means the root directory is mounted as a mostly unpopulated
<literal>tmpfs</literal> instance, and
<filename>/usr</filename> from the OS tree is mounted into it,
read-only (the system thus starts up with read-only OS
resources, but pristine state and configuration, any changes
to the either are lost on shutdown). When the mode parameter
- is specified as <option>state</option> the OS tree is
+ is specified as <option>state</option>, the OS tree is
mounted read-only, but <filename>/var</filename> is mounted as
- <literal>tmpfs</literal> instance into it (the system thus
+ a <literal>tmpfs</literal> instance into it (the system thus
starts up with read-only OS resources and configuration, but
- pristine state, any changes to the latter are lost on
+ pristine state, and any changes to the latter are lost on
shutdown). When the mode parameter is specified as
- <option>no</option> (the default) the whole OS tree is made
+ <option>no</option> (the default), the whole OS tree is made
available writable.</para>
<para>Note that setting this to <option>yes</option> or
@@ -786,43 +786,43 @@
special values <option>override</option> or
<option>trusted</option>.</para>
- <para>If enabled (the default) a settings file named after the
+ <para>If enabled (the default), a settings file named after the
machine (as specified with the <option>--machine=</option>
setting, or derived from the directory or image file name)
with the suffix <filename>.nspawn</filename> is searched in
<filename>/etc/systemd/nspawn/</filename> and
<filename>/run/systemd/nspawn/</filename>. If it is found
there, its settings are read and used. If it is not found
- there it is subsequently searched in the same directory as the
+ there, it is subsequently searched in the same directory as the
image file or in the immediate parent of the root directory of
- the container. In this case, if the file is found its settings
+ the container. In this case, if the file is found, its settings
will be also read and used, but potentially unsafe settings
- are ignored. Note that in both these cases settings on the
+ are ignored. Note that in both these cases, settings on the
command line take precedence over the corresponding settings
from loaded <filename>.nspawn</filename> files, if both are
specified. Unsafe settings are considered all settings that
elevate the container's privileges or grant access to
additional resources such as files or directories of the
host. For details about the format and contents of
- <filename>.nspawn</filename> files consult
+ <filename>.nspawn</filename> files, consult
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- <para>If this option is set to <option>override</option> the
- file is searched, read and used the same way, however the order of
+ <para>If this option is set to <option>override</option>, the
+ file is searched, read and used the same way, however, the order of
precedence is reversed: settings read from the
<filename>.nspawn</filename> file will take precedence over
the corresponding command line options, if both are
specified.</para>
- <para>If this option is set to <option>trusted</option> the
+ <para>If this option is set to <option>trusted</option>, the
file is searched, read and used the same way, but regardless
- if found in <filename>/etc/systemd/nspawn/</filename>,
+ of being found in <filename>/etc/systemd/nspawn/</filename>,
<filename>/run/systemd/nspawn/</filename> or next to the image
file or container root directory, all settings will take
- effect, however command line arguments still take precedence
+ effect, however, command line arguments still take precedence
over corresponding settings.</para>
- <para>If disabled no <filename>.nspawn</filename> file is read
+ <para>If disabled, no <filename>.nspawn</filename> file is read
and no settings except the ones on the command line are in
effect.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>