Many files:

  Fix minor typos and grammer oops found by Bill Hawes (whawes@star.net).

2 files changed, 32 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/e2fsck/ChangeLog b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
index 5c6348bc..b49d5585 100644
--- a/e2fsck/ChangeLog
+++ b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Thu May  8 22:45:27 1997  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@rsts-11.mit.edu>
 
+	* e2fsck.8.in: Fix minor typos and grammer oops found by Bill
+ 		Hawes (whawes@star.net).
+
 	* badblocks.c (read_bad_blocks_file): Pass the blocksize to the
 		bad blocks command so that all of the filesystem gets
  		tested in the case where the blocksize 2048 or 4096.
diff --git a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in
index 7750b189..9cf90356 100644
--- a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in
+++ b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ This option does the same thing as the
 option.  It is provided for backwards compatibility only; it is
 suggested that people use 
 .I -p 
-option whever possible.
+option whenever possible.
 .TP
 .I -b superblock
 Instead of using the normal superblock, use the alternative superblock
@@ -45,30 +45,37 @@ specified by
 .IR superblock .
 .TP
 .I -B blocksize
-Normally, e2fsck will search for the superblock at various different
-block sizes in an attempt to find the appropriate block size.  This
-search can be fooled in some cases.  This option forces e2fsck to only
-try locating the superblock at a particular blocksize.  If the
-superblock is not found, e2fsck will terminate with a fatal error.
+Normally, 
+.B e2fsck
+will search for the superblock at various different
+block sizes in an attempt to find the appropriate block size.
+This search can be fooled in some cases.  This option forces 
+.B e2fsck
+to only try locating the superblock at a particular blocksize.
+If the superblock is not found, 
+.B e2fsck 
+will terminate with a fatal error.
 .TP
 .I -c
-This option causes e2fsck to run the 
+This option causes 
+.B e2fsck 
+to run the 
 .BR badblocks (8)
-program to find any blocks 
-which are bad on the filesystem, and then marks them as bad by adding them 
-to the bad block inode.
+program to find any blocks which are bad on the filesystem, 
+and then marks them as bad by adding them to the bad block inode.
 .TP
 .I -d
 Print debugging output (useless unless you are debugging
-.B e2fsck
-).
+.BR e2fsck ).
 .TP
 .I -f
 Force checking even if the file system seems clean.
 .TP
 .I -F
 Flush the filesystem device's buffer caches before beginning.  Only
-really useful for doing e2fsck time trials.
+really useful for doing 
+.B e2fsck 
+time trials.
 .TP
 .I -l filename
 Add the blocks listed in the file specified by 
@@ -104,11 +111,13 @@ Automatically repair ("preen") the file system without any questions.
 .I -r
 This option does nothing at all; it is provided only for backwards
 compatibility.
-.IP 
+.TP 
 .I -s
 This option will byte-swap the filesystem so that it is using the normalized, 
 standard byte-order (which is i386 or little endian).  If the filesystem is
-already in the standard byte-order, e2fsck will take no action.
+already in the standard byte-order, 
+.B e2fsck 
+will take no action.
 .TP
 .I -S
 This option will byte-swap the filesystem, regardless of its current 
@@ -166,7 +175,7 @@ run, so I can see exactly what error messages are displayed.  If you
 have a writeable filesystem where the transcript can be stored, the 
 .BR script (1)
 program is a handy way to save the output of
-.e2fsck
+.B e2fsck
 to a file.
 .PP
 It is also useful to send the output of 
@@ -176,9 +185,9 @@ If a specific inode or inodes seems to be giving
 trouble, try running the
 .BR debugfs (8)
 command and send the output of the 
-.I stat
-command run on the relevant inode(s).  If the inode is a directory, 
-the debugfs
+.BR stat (1u)
+command run on the relevant inode(s).  If the inode is a directory, the 
+.B debugfs
 .I dump
 command will allow you to extract the contents of the directory inode,
 which can sent to me after being first run through
@@ -190,7 +199,7 @@ displays when it is run, so I know which version you are running.
 .SH AUTHOR
 This version of 
 .B e2fsck
-is written by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>.
+was written by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR mke2fs (8),
 .BR tune2fs (8),