17 files changed, 58 insertions, 58 deletions
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strcasecmp.c b/newlib/libc/string/strcasecmp.c
index 4dcfc784a..f96f7f5c9 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strcasecmp.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strcasecmp.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<strcasecmp>>---case insensitive character string compare
+	<<strcasecmp>>---case-insensitive character string compare
 	
 INDEX
 	strcasecmp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 RETURNS 
 
 	If <<*<[a]>>> sorts lexicographically after <<*<[b]>>> (after
-	both are converted to upper case), <<strcasecmp>> returns a
+	both are converted to uppercase), <<strcasecmp>> returns a
 	number greater than zero.  If the two strings match,
 	<<strcasecmp>> returns zero.  If <<*<[a]>>> sorts
 	lexicographically before <<*<[b]>>>, <<strcasecmp>> returns a
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strcoll.c b/newlib/libc/string/strcoll.c
index 8760b2217..65dc38037 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strcoll.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strcoll.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<strcoll>>---locale specific character string compare
+	<<strcoll>>---locale-specific character string compare
 	
 INDEX
 	strcoll
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex b/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex
index 4e1a2cd16..3ca732f79 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ managing areas of memory.  The corresponding declarations are in
 * strcat::      Concatenate strings
 * strchr::      Search for character in string
 * strcmp::      Character string compare
-* strcoll::     Locale specific character string compare
+* strcoll::     Locale-specific character string compare
 * strcpy::      Copy string
 * strcspn::     Count chars not in string
 * strerror::    Convert error number to string
 * strerror_r::  Convert error number to string
 * strlen::      Character string length
-* strlwr::	Convert string to lower case
+* strlwr::	Convert string to lowercase
 * strncasecmp::	Compare strings ignoring case
 * strncat::     Concatenate strings
 * strncmp::     Character string compare
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strlwr.c b/newlib/libc/string/strlwr.c
index cf0d45f71..47096d430 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strlwr.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strlwr.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<strlwr>>---force string to lower case
+	<<strlwr>>---force string to lowercase
 	
 INDEX
 	strlwr
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	char *<[a]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	<<strlwr>> converts each characters in the string at <[a]> to
-	lower case.
+	<<strlwr>> converts each character in the string at <[a]> to
+	lowercase.
 
 RETURNS
 	<<strlwr>> returns its argument, <[a]>.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strncasecmp.c b/newlib/libc/string/strncasecmp.c
index 28c6cc44f..c877ba53c 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strncasecmp.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strncasecmp.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<strncasecmp>>---case insensitive character string compare
+	<<strncasecmp>>---case-insensitive character string compare
 	
 INDEX
 	strncasecmp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 RETURNS
 
 	If <<*<[a]>>> sorts lexicographically after <<*<[b]>>> (after
-	both are converted to upper case), <<strncasecmp>> returns a
+	both are converted to uppercase), <<strncasecmp>> returns a
 	number greater than zero.  If the two strings are equivalent,
 	<<strncasecmp>> returns zero.  If <<*<[a]>>> sorts
 	lexicographically before <<*<[b]>>>, <<strncasecmp>> returns a
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strupr.c b/newlib/libc/string/strupr.c
index d7f7c129d..3f346b840 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strupr.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strupr.c
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	char *<[a]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	<<strupr>> converts each characters in the string at <[a]> to
-	upper case.
+	<<strupr>> converts each character in the string at <[a]> to
+	uppercase.
 
 RETURNS
 	<<strupr>> returns its argument, <[a]>.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcscoll.c b/newlib/libc/string/wcscoll.c
index 9287af38c..0f0513a58 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcscoll.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcscoll.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<wcscoll>>---locale specific wide-character string compare
+	<<wcscoll>>---locale-specific wide-character string compare
 	
 INDEX
 	wcscoll
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcslcat.c b/newlib/libc/string/wcslcat.c
index adf683ad5..75c085b5b 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcslcat.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcslcat.c
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	size_t <[siz]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	The <<wcslcat>> function appends wide-characters from <[src]> to
+	The <<wcslcat>> function appends wide characters from <[src]> to
 	end of the <[dst]> wide-character string so that the resultant
-	wide-character string is not more than <[siz]> wide-characters
-	including terminating null wide-character code.  A terminating
-	null wide-character is always added unless <[siz]> is 0.  Thus,
-	the maximum number of wide-characters that can be appended from
+	wide-character string is not more than <[siz]> wide characters
+	including the terminating null wide-character code.  A terminating
+	null wide character is always added unless <[siz]> is 0.  Thus,
+	the maximum number of wide characters that can be appended from
 	<[src]> is <[siz]> - 1. If copying takes place between objects 
 	that overlap, the behaviour is undefined.
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RETURNS
 	wide-character string length of <[src]> (does not include
 	terminating null wide-characters).  If the return value is
 	greater than or equal to <[siz]>, then truncation occurred and
-	not all wide-characters from <[src]> were appended.
+	not all wide characters from <[src]> were appended.
 
 PORTABILITY
 No supporting OS subroutines are required.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcslcpy.c b/newlib/libc/string/wcslcpy.c
index ac7d01863..21c030b38 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcslcpy.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcslcpy.c
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	size_t <[siz]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	<<wcslcpy>> copies wide-characters from <[src]> to <[dst]>
+	<<wcslcpy>> copies wide characters from <[src]> to <[dst]>
 	such that up to <[siz]> - 1 characters are copied.  A
 	terminating null is appended to the result, unless <[siz]>
 	is zero.
 
 RETURNS
-	<<wcslcpy>> returns the number of wide-characters in <[src]>,
-	not including the terminating null wide-character.  If the
+	<<wcslcpy>> returns the number of wide characters in <[src]>,
+	not including the terminating null wide character.  If the
 	return value is greater than or equal to <[siz]>, then
-	not all wide-characters were copied from <[src]> and truncation
+	not all wide characters were copied from <[src]> and truncation
 	occurred.
 
 PORTABILITY
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcsnlen.c b/newlib/libc/string/wcsnlen.c
index 3804bdf90..9d680d603 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcsnlen.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcsnlen.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* 
 FUNCTION
-        <<wcsnlen>>---get fixed-size wide character string length
+        <<wcsnlen>>---get fixed-size wide-character string length
     
 INDEX
         wcsnlen
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
         size_t <[maxlen]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-        The <<wcsnlen>> function computes the number of wide character codes
-        in the wide character string pointed to by <[s]> not including the
+        The <<wcsnlen>> function computes the number of wide-character codes
+        in the wide-character string pointed to by <[s]> not including the
         terminating L'\0' wide character but at most <[maxlen]> wide
         characters.
 
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcsstr.c b/newlib/libc/string/wcsstr.c
index 30fc4631f..0b00396ea 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcsstr.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcsstr.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 	The <<wcsstr>> function locates the first occurrence in the
 	wide-character string pointed to by <[big]> of the sequence of
-	wide-characters (excluding the terminating null wide-character) in the
+	wide characters (excluding the terminating null wide character) in the
 	wide-character string pointed to by <[little]>.
 
 RETURNS
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcstrings.tex b/newlib/libc/string/wcstrings.tex
index ad0a60788..df6edc47c 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcstrings.tex
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcstrings.tex
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 @chapter Wide Character Strings (@file{wchar.h})
 
 This chapter describes wide-character string-handling functions and
-managing areas of memory containing wide-characters.  The corresponding 
+managing areas of memory containing wide characters.  The corresponding 
 declarations are in @file{wchar.h}.
 
 @menu
-* wmemchr::     Find wide-character in memory
+* wmemchr::     Find wide character in memory
 * wmemcmp::     Compare two wide-character memory areas
 * wmemcpy::     Copy wide-character memory regions
 * wmemmove::    Move possibly overlapping wide-character memory
-* wmemset::     Set an area of memory to a specified wide-character
+* wmemset::     Set an area of memory to a specified wide character
 * wcscat::      Concatenate wide-character strings
-* wcschr::      Search for wide-character in string
+* wcschr::      Search for wide character in string
 * wcscmp::      Wide-character string compare
-* wcscoll::     Locale specific Wide-character string compare
+* wcscoll::     Locale-specific wide-character string compare
 * wcscpy::      Copy wide-character string
-* wcscspn::     Count wide-chars not in string
+* wcscspn::     Count wide characters not in string
 * wcslcat::     Concatenate wide-character strings to specified length
 * wcslcpy::     Copy wide-character string to specified length
 * wcslen::      Wide-character string length
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ declarations are in @file{wchar.h}.
 * wcsncmp::     Wide-character string compare
 * wcsncpy::     Counted copy wide-character string
 * wcsnlen::     Wide-character string length with maximum limit
-* wcspbrk::     Find wide-chars in string
-* wcsrchr::     Reverse search for wide-character in string
+* wcspbrk::     Find wide characters in string
+* wcsrchr::     Reverse search for wide character in string
 * wcsspn::      Find initial match in wide-character string
 * wcsstr::      Find wide-character string segment
 * wcswidth::    Number of column positions of a wide-character string
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wmemchr.c b/newlib/libc/string/wmemchr.c
index ca1427be0..b582b8948 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wmemchr.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wmemchr.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<wmemchr>>---find a wide-character in memory
+	<<wmemchr>>---find a wide character in memory
  
 
 ANSI_SYNOPSIS
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 	The <<wmemchr>> function locates the first occurrence of <[c]> in the
-	initial <[n]> wide-characters of the object pointed to be <[s]>. This
+	initial <[n]> wide characters of the object pointed to be <[s]>. This
 	function is not affected by locale and all wchar_t values are treated
-	identically.  The null wide-character and wchar_t values not
+	identically.  The null wide character and wchar_t values not
 	corresponding to valid characters are not treated specially.
 
 	If <[n]> is zero, <[s]> must be a valid pointer and the function
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 RETURNS
 	The <<wmemchr>> function returns a pointer to the located
-	wide-character, or a null pointer if the wide-character does not occur
+	wide character, or a null pointer if the wide character does not occur
 	in the object. 
 
 PORTABILITY
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wmemcmp.c b/newlib/libc/string/wmemcmp.c
index 96c2b765c..af9ee3207 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wmemcmp.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wmemcmp.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<wmemcmp>>---compare wide-characters in memory 
+	<<wmemcmp>>---compare wide characters in memory 
 
 ANSI_SYNOPSIS
 	#include <wchar.h>
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	size_t <[n]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	The <<wmemcmp>> function compares the first <[n]> wide-characters of the
-	object pointed to by <[s1]> to the first <[n]> wide-characters of the
+	The <<wmemcmp>> function compares the first <[n]> wide characters of the
+	object pointed to by <[s1]> to the first <[n]> wide characters of the
 	object pointed to by <[s2]>. This function is not affected by locale
-	and all wchar_t values are treated identically. The null wide-character
+	and all wchar_t values are treated identically. The null wide character
 	and wchar_t values not corresponding to valid characters are not treated
 	specially.
 
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wmemcpy.c b/newlib/libc/string/wmemcpy.c
index 24de8856b..748e8e196 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wmemcpy.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wmemcpy.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<wmemcpy>>---copy wide-characters in memory 
+	<<wmemcpy>>---copy wide characters in memory 
 
 ANSI_SYNOPSIS
 	#include <wchar.h>
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	size_t <[n]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	The <<wmemcpy>> function copies <[n]> wide-characters from the object
+	The <<wmemcpy>> function copies <[n]> wide characters from the object
 	pointed to by <[s]> to the object pointed to be <[d]>. This function
 	is not affected by locale and all wchar_t values are treated
-	identically.  The null wide-character and wchar_t values not
+	identically.  The null wide character and wchar_t values not
 	corresponding to valid characters are not treated specially.
 
 	If <[n]> is zero, <[d]> and <[s]> must be a valid pointers, and the
-	function copies zero wide-characters. 
+	function copies zero wide characters. 
 
 RETURNS
 	The <<wmemcpy>> function returns the value of <[d]>.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wmemmove.c b/newlib/libc/string/wmemmove.c
index 6986fde22..e20a26ae9 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wmemmove.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wmemmove.c
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	size_t <[n]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	The <<wmemmove>> function copies <[n]> wide-characters from the object
+	The <<wmemmove>> function copies <[n]> wide characters from the object
 	pointed to by <[s]> to the object pointed to by <[d]>. Copying takes
-	place as if the <[n]> wide-characters from the object pointed to by
-	<[s]> are first copied into a temporary array of <[n]> wide-characters
+	place as if the <[n]> wide characters from the object pointed to by
+	<[s]> are first copied into a temporary array of <[n]> wide characters
 	that does not overlap the objects pointed to by <[d]> or <[s]>, and then
-	the <[n]> wide-characters from the temporary array are copied into the
+	the <[n]> wide characters from the temporary array are copied into the
 	object pointed to by <[d]>.
 
 	This function is not affected by locale and all wchar_t values are
-	treated identically. The null wide-character and wchar_t values not
+	treated identically. The null wide character and wchar_t values not
 	corresponding to valid characters are not treated specially.
 
 	If <[n]> is zero, <[d]> and <[s]> must be a valid pointers, and the
-	function copies zero wide-characters. 
+	function copies zero wide characters. 
 
 RETURNS
 	The <<wmemmove>> function returns the value of <[d]>.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wmemset.c b/newlib/libc/string/wmemset.c
index b426f5682..0af6f91d5 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wmemset.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wmemset.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-       <<wmemset>>---set wide-characters in memory 
+       <<wmemset>>---set wide characters in memory 
 
 ANSI_SYNOPSIS
        #include <wchar.h>
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
        The <<wmemset>> function copies the value of <[c]> into each of the
-       first <[n]> wide-characters of the object pointed to by <[s]>.  This
+       first <[n]> wide characters of the object pointed to by <[s]>.  This
        function is not affected by locale and all wchar_t values are treated
-       identically.  The null wide-character and wchar_t values not
+       identically.  The null wide character and wchar_t values not
        corresponding to valid characters are not treated specially.
 
        If <[n]> is zero, <[s]> must be a valid pointer and the function
-       copies zero wide-characters.
+       copies zero wide characters.
 
 RETURNS
-       The <<wmemset>> functions returns the value of <[s]>.
+       The <<wmemset>> function returns the value of <[s]>.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<wmemset>> is ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 (ISO C).