Fix typos and grammar

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index 63ab2532ab..ec4a0dee05 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
           path, similar to <c><![CDATA[code:add_pathsa/1]]></c>. See
           <seealso marker="kernel:code">code(3)</seealso>.
 	  As an alternative to <c>-pa</c>, if several directories are
-	  to be prepended to the code and the directories have a
+	  to be prepended to the code path and the directories have a
 	  common parent directory, that parent directory could be
 	  specified in the <c>ERL_LIBS</c> environment variable.
 	  See <seealso marker="kernel:code">code(3)</seealso>.</p>
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@
 	    disables this feature, which also is the default.
 	    </p>
 	    <p>This feature has been introduced as a temporary workaround
-	    for lengthy executing native code, and native code that do not
+	    for long-executing native code, and native code that does not
 	    bump reductions properly in OTP. When these bugs have be fixed
 	    the <c>+sfwi</c> flag will be removed.
 	    </p>
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@
 	    balance scheduler utilization between schedulers. That is,
 	    strive for equal scheduler utilization on all schedulers.
 	    <br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<c>+sub true</c> is only supported on
-	    systems where the runtime system detects and use a monotonically
+      systems where the runtime system detects and uses a monotonically
 	    increasing high resolution clock. On other systems, the runtime
 	    system will fail to start.
 	    <br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<c>+sub true</c> implies
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index df7af3ce6b..94f9cd3148 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -1001,15 +1001,15 @@
           can be used instead of
           <c>demonitor(<anno>MonitorRef</anno>)</c> if this cleanup is wanted.</p>
         <note>
-          <p>Before OTP R11B (<c>ERTS</c> 5.5), <c>demonitor/1</c>
-            behaved asynchronous, that is, the monitor was active
-            until the "demonitor signal" reached the monitored entity.
-            This had an undesirable effect, as you could never know when
-            you were guaranteed <em>not</em> to receive a <c>DOWN</c>
-            message because of the monitor.</p>
-          <p>The current behavior can be viewed as two combined operations:
-            asynchronously send a "demonitor signal" to the monitored
-            entity and ignore any future results of the monitor.</p>
+          <p>Prior to OTP release R11B (ERTS version 5.5) <c>demonitor/1</c>
+            behaved completely asynchronously, i.e., the monitor was active
+            until the "demonitor signal" reached the monitored entity. This
+            had one undesirable effect. You could never know when
+            you were guaranteed <em>not</em> to receive a <c>DOWN</c> message
+            due to the monitor.</p>
+          <p>Current behavior can be viewed as two combined operations:
+            asynchronously send a "demonitor signal" to the monitored entity
+            and ignore any future results of the monitor. </p>
         </note>
         <p>Failure: It is an error if <c><anno>MonitorRef</anno></c> refers to a
           monitoring started by another process. Not all such cases are
@@ -7877,9 +7877,9 @@ timestamp() ->
     Secs = ErlangSystemTime div 1000000 - MegaSecs*1000000,
     MicroSecs = ErlangSystemTime rem 1000000,
     {MegaSecs, Secs, MicroSecs}.</code>
-        <p>The BIF uses a native implementation which does
-	not build garbage on the heap and with slightly better
-	performance.</p>
+    <p>It, however, uses a native implementation which does
+    not build garbage on the heap and with slightly better
+    performance.</p>
 
 	<note><p>This time is <em>not</em> a monotonically increasing time
 	in the general case. For more information, see the documentation of
@@ -8812,8 +8812,8 @@ timestamp() ->
             true
     end</code>
         <note>
-          <p>Before OTP R11B (<c>ERTS</c> 5.5) <c>unlink/1</c>
-            behaved asynchronous, that is, the link was active
+          <p>Prior to OTP release R11B (ERTS version 5.5) <c>unlink/1</c>
+            behaved completely asynchronously, i.e., the link was active
             until the "unlink signal" reached the linked entity. This
             had an undesirable effect, as you could never know when
             you were guaranteed <em>not</em> to be effected by the link.</p>