Update STDLIB documentation

Language cleaned up by the technical writers xsipewe and tmanevik
from Combitech. Proofreading and corrections by Björn Gustavsson
and Hans Bolinder.

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml
index ac41987eaf..58dad7c9e0 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml
@@ -29,68 +29,73 @@
     <rev></rev>
   </header>
   <module>lib</module>
-  <modulesummary>A number of useful library functions</modulesummary>
+  <modulesummary>Useful library functions.</modulesummary>
   <description>
     <warning>
-      <p>This module is retained for compatibility. It may disappear
-        without warning in a future release.</p>
+      <p>This module is retained for backward compatibility. It can disappear
+        without warning in a future Erlang/OTP release.</p>
     </warning>
   </description>
+
   <funcs>
     <func>
-      <name name="flush_receive" arity="0"/>
-      <fsummary>Flush messages</fsummary>
-      <desc>
-        <p>Flushes the message buffer of the current process.</p>
-      </desc>
-    </func>
-    <func>
       <name name="error_message" arity="2"/>
-      <fsummary>Print error message</fsummary>
+      <fsummary>Print error message.</fsummary>
       <desc>
         <p>Prints error message <c><anno>Args</anno></c> in accordance with
-          <c><anno>Format</anno></c>. Similar to <c>io:format/2</c>, see
-          <seealso marker="io#fwrite/1">io(3)</seealso>.</p>
+          <c><anno>Format</anno></c>. Similar to
+          <seealso marker="io#format/1"><c>io:format/2</c></seealso>.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
+
     <func>
-      <name name="progname" arity="0"/>
-      <fsummary>Return name of Erlang start script</fsummary>
+      <name name="flush_receive" arity="0"/>
+      <fsummary>Flush messages.</fsummary>
       <desc>
-        <p>Returns the name of the script that started the current
-          Erlang session.</p>
+        <p>Flushes the message buffer of the current process.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
+
     <func>
       <name name="nonl" arity="1"/>
-      <fsummary>Remove last newline</fsummary>
+      <fsummary>Remove last newline.</fsummary>
       <desc>
         <p>Removes the last newline character, if any, in
           <c><anno>String1</anno></c>.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
+
+    <func>
+      <name name="progname" arity="0"/>
+      <fsummary>Return name of Erlang start script.</fsummary>
+      <desc>
+        <p>Returns the name of the script that started the current
+          Erlang session.</p>
+      </desc>
+    </func>
+
     <func>
       <name name="send" arity="2"/>
-      <fsummary>Send a message</fsummary>
+      <fsummary>Send a message.</fsummary>
       <desc>
-        <p>This function to makes it possible to send a message using
-          the <c>apply/3</c> BIF.</p>
+        <p>Makes it possible to send a message using the <c>apply/3</c> BIF.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
+
     <func>
       <name name="sendw" arity="2"/>
-      <fsummary>Send a message and wait for an answer</fsummary>
+      <fsummary>Send a message and wait for an answer.</fsummary>
       <desc>
-        <p>As <c>send/2</c>, but waits for an answer. It is implemented
-          as follows:</p>
+        <p>As <seealso marker="#send/2"><c>send/2</c></seealso>,
+          but waits for an answer. It is implemented as follows:</p>
         <code type="none">
 sendw(To, Msg) ->
     To ! {self(),Msg},
     receive
         Reply -> Reply
     end.</code>
-        <p>The message returned is not necessarily a reply to the
-          message sent.</p>
+        <p>The returned message is not necessarily a reply to the sent
+          message.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
   </funcs>