Index: general/genlib/js38.xml
===================================================================
--- general/genlib/js38.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ general/genlib/js38.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -161,5 +161,5 @@
 
     <para>
-      <command>autoconf213</command>: This command regenerates the configure
+      <command>autoconf2.13</command>: This command regenerates the configure
       script with the changes from the patch.
     </para>
@@ -167,5 +167,5 @@
     <para>
       <parameter>--with-*</parameter>: These parameters allow the build system
-      to use system versions of the above libriares. These are required for
+      to use system versions of the above libraries. These are required for
       stability.
     </para>
Index: general/prog/perl-modules.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-modules.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ general/prog/perl-modules.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -898,5 +898,5 @@
       <!-- Params-Validate -->
       <listitem><literallayout><ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Params-Validate/">Params::Validate</ulink>
-(http::/search.cpan.org/dist/Params-Validate/) - uses <xref linkend="perl-build-install"/></literallayout>
+(http://search.cpan.org/dist/Params-Validate/) - uses <xref linkend="perl-build-install"/></literallayout>
          <!-- deps for Params::Validate:
          Module::Build is a dep of Module::Implementation via Module::Runtime,
@@ -1757,5 +1757,5 @@
     <para>The SGMLSpm module is a <application>Perl</application> library
       used for parsing the output from James Clark's SGMLS and NSGMLS
-      parsers. This modules uses the standard
+      parsers. This module uses the standard
     <xref linkend="perl-standard-install"/>.</para>
 
Index: general/prog/python3.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/python3.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ general/prog/python3.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -161,5 +161,5 @@
       The test suite must be run separately from the build, either before or
       after the package is built and installed. Do not run
-      <command>make install</command>, after running the test suite. To build
+      <command>make install</command> after running the test suite. To build
       and install the package, you need to start with a fresh or clean source
       tree. For the test, you also need a clean source code, so either start by
Index: general/sysutils/acpid.xml
===================================================================
--- general/sysutils/acpid.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ general/sysutils/acpid.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@
       Unfortunately, not every computer labels ACPI events in the same way. To
       determine how your buttons are recognized, use the
-      <command>acpi_listen</command> tool. Also, look in package documentation's
-      samples directory for more examples.
+      <command>acpi_listen</command> tool. Also, look in the <filename
+      class="directory">samples</filename> directory under <filename
+      class="directory">/usr/share/doc/acpid-&acpid-version;</filename>
+      for more examples.
     </para>
 
Index: general/sysutils/hdparm.xml
===================================================================
--- general/sysutils/hdparm.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ general/sysutils/hdparm.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@
     <para>
       The <application>Hdparm</application> package contains a utility that
-      is useful for controlling ATA/IDE controllers and hard drives both to
+      is useful for obtaining information about, and controlling ATA/IDE
+      controllers and hard drives. It allows to
       increase performance and sometimes to increase stability.
     </para>
Index: general/sysutils/pm-utils.xml
===================================================================
--- general/sysutils/pm-utils.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ general/sysutils/pm-utils.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     <para>
-      The <application>Power Management Utilities</application> is a small
-      collection of scripts to suspend and hibernate a computer that can be used
-      to run user supplied scripts on suspend and resume.
+      The <application>Power Management Utilities</application> provide
+      simple shell command line tools to suspend and hibernate the computer.
+      They can be used to run user supplied scripts on suspend and resume.
     </para>
 
@@ -191,5 +191,5 @@
       In order to use hibernation with <application>GRUB</application> and a
       swap partition, you need to add kernel parameter
-      <literal>resume=<replaceable>swap_partition</replaceable></literal> (i.e.
+      <literal>resume=<replaceable>swap_partition</replaceable></literal> (e.g.
       <literal>resume=/dev/sda1</literal>) to the kernel line in the
       <filename>/boot/grub/grub.cfg</filename> configuration file.
Index: networking/netlibs/curl.xml
===================================================================
--- networking/netlibs/curl.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ networking/netlibs/curl.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
       </para>
 
-      <para>Current versions of LFS does not strip /lib/ld-2.23.so but
+      <para>Current versions of LFS do not strip /lib/ld-2.23.so but
       previous versions of LFS stripped these debugging symbols at the end of
-      Chapter 6. To get this library on oldeer systems, glibc must be rebuilt 
+      Chapter 6. To get this library on older systems, glibc must be rebuilt 
       with the current
       glibc version using the same compiler that was used to build LFS. The
Index: postlfs/config/devices.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/config/devices.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ postlfs/config/devices.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -179,5 +179,5 @@
     <title>Devices for DVD Drives</title>
 
-    <para>If the initial boot process doe not set up the 
+    <para>If the initial boot process does not set up the 
     <systemitem>/dev/dvd</systemitem> device properly, it can
     be installed using the following modification to the default udev rules.
Index: postlfs/config/firmware.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/config/firmware.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ postlfs/config/firmware.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -268,5 +268,5 @@
       family):</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cp -v /lib/firmware/amd_ucode/&lt;MYCONTAINER&gt; kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>cp -v /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/&lt;MYCONTAINER&gt; kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>Or for an Intel machine copy the appropriate blob using this command:</para>
Index: postlfs/filesystems/lvm2.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/filesystems/lvm2.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ postlfs/filesystems/lvm2.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -194,5 +194,5 @@
 
     <para>
-      Those tests do not implement the <quote>expected fail</quote> possibility,
+      The tests do not implement the <quote>expected fail</quote> possibility,
       and a small number of test failures is expected by upstream. More
       failures may happen because some kernel options are missing. For example,
Index: postlfs/filesystems/mdadm.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/filesystems/mdadm.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ postlfs/filesystems/mdadm.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -139,5 +139,5 @@
 
     <para>
-      <parameter>--logdir=test-logs</parameter>: Defines that the directory
+      <parameter>--logdir=test-logs</parameter>: Defines the directory
       where test logs are saved.
     </para>
Index: postlfs/filesystems/parted.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/filesystems/parted.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ postlfs/filesystems/parted.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -117,5 +117,5 @@
 
     <para>If you wish to run the test suite, first remove a test that normally
-    fails in BLFS, because it needs a locale C.UTF-8:</para>
+    fails in BLFS (because it needs a locale C.UTF-8):</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>sed -i '/t0251-gpt-unicode.sh/d' tests/Makefile</userinput></screen>
Index: postlfs/security/polkit.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/security/polkit.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ postlfs/security/polkit.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@
     &lfs81_checked;
 
-    <note><para>Due to lack of relases, a tarball has been generated for use by
+    <note><para>Due to lack of releases, a tarball has been generated for use by
     BLFS, which includes a git checkout at ref 2919920, and a pending patch to
     use js38. The patch is included in the tarball for review.</para></note>
Index: server/mail/exim.xml
===================================================================
--- server/mail/exim.xml	(revision c9d977e8e451c5ee5de5577f0449d4e58afc350d)
+++ server/mail/exim.xml	(revision af8a78dddd442bf329b01850e94c67ab52e00ba4)
@@ -302,5 +302,5 @@
         settings to suit your needs. Note that the default configuration
         assumes that the <filename class="directory">/var/mail</filename>
-        directory is world writable, but has the stiky bit set. If you want
+        directory is world writable, but has the sticky bit set. If you want
         to use the default configuration, issue as the <systemitem
         class="username">root</systemitem> user:
