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diff --git a/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key_records.xml b/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key_records.xml
index a7dfc41449..24f5faf38e 100644
--- a/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key_records.xml
+++ b/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key_records.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Ericsson AB.
</legalnotice>
- <title>Public key records</title>
+ <title>Public-Key Records</title>
<prepared>Ingela Anderton Andin</prepared>
<responsible></responsible>
<docno></docno>
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@
<file>public_key_records.xml</file>
</header>
- <p>This chapter briefly describes Erlang records derived from ASN1
+ <p>This section briefly describes Erlang records derived from ASN.1
specifications used to handle public and private keys.
- The intent is to describe the data types
- and not to specify the semantics of each component. For information on the
- semantics, please see the relevant standards and RFCs.</p>
+ The scope is to describe the data types of each component,
+ not the semantics. For information on the
+ semantics, refer to the relevant standards and RFCs.</p>
<p>Use the following include directive to get access to the
- records and constant macros described in the following sections.</p>
+ records and constant macros described in the following sections:</p>
<code> -include_lib("public_key/include/public_key.hrl"). </code>
@@ -49,13 +49,15 @@
<title>Common Data Types</title>
<p>Common non-standard Erlang
- data types used to described the record fields in the
- below sections are defined in <seealso
- marker="public_key">public key reference manual </seealso></p>
+ data types used to describe the record fields in the
+ following sections are defined in the <c>public_key</c> <seealso
+ marker="public_key">Reference Manual</seealso>.</p>
</section>
<section>
- <title>RSA as defined by the PKCS-1 standard and <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3447.txt"> RFC 3447 </url></title>
+ <title>The RSA According to PKCS-1 and RFC 3447</title>
+ <p>RSA as defined by the PKCS-1 standard and <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3447.txt">
+ RFC 3447 </url> follows:</p>
<code>
#'RSAPublicKey'{
@@ -80,15 +82,15 @@
prime, % integer()
exponent, % integer()
coefficient % integer()
- }.
- </code>
+ }. </code>
</section>
<section>
- <title>DSA as defined by
- <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips186-3/fips_186-3.pdf"> Digital Signature Standard (NIST FIPS PUB 186-2) </url>
- </title>
+ <title>DSA According to DSS</title>
+ <p>The DSA as defined by the
+ <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips186-3/fips_186-3.pdf">
+ Digital Signature Standard (DSS), NIST FIPS PUB 186-2</url> follows:</p>
<code>
#'DSAPrivateKey',{
@@ -104,13 +106,13 @@
p, % integer()
q, % integer()
g % integer()
- }.
- </code>
+ }. </code>
</section>
<section>
- <title>ECC (Elliptic Curve) <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3447.txt"> RFC 5480 </url>
- </title>
+ <title>ECC According to RFC 5480</title>
+ <p>The Elliptic Curve (ECC) as defined by <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3447.txt">
+ RFC 5480 </url> follows:</p>
<code>
#'ECPrivateKey'{