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diff --git a/man/term.7 b/man/term.7
index 7eda6fbd..cf815b52 100644
--- a/man/term.7
+++ b/man/term.7
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: term.7,v 1.18 2007/06/02 20:40:07 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: term.7,v 1.20 2010/01/30 21:27:35 tom Exp $
 .TH term 7
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ the terminal, console or display-device type you are using.  This information
 is critical for all screen-oriented programs, including your editor and mailer.
 .PP
 A default \fBTERM\fR value will be set on a per-line basis by either
-\fB/etc/inittab\fR (Linux and System-V-like UNIXes) or \fB/etc/ttys\fR (BSD
-UNIXes).  This will nearly always suffice for workstation and microcomputer
-consoles.
+\fB/etc/inittab\fR (e.g., System-V-like UNIXes)
+or \fB/etc/ttys\fR (BSD UNIXes).
+This will nearly always suffice for workstation and microcomputer consoles.
 .PP
 If you use a dialup line, the type of device attached to it may vary.  Older
 UNIX systems pre-set a very dumb terminal type like `dumb' or `dialup' on
@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@ The root name prefix should be followed when appropriate by a model number;
 thus \fBvt100\fR, \fBhp2621\fR, \fBwy50\fR.
 .PP
 The root name for a PC-Unix console type should be the OS name,
-i.e. \fBlinux\fR, \fBbsdos\fR, \fBfreebsd\fR, \fBnetbsd\fR.  It should
+i.e., \fBlinux\fR, \fBbsdos\fR, \fBfreebsd\fR, \fBnetbsd\fR.  It should
 \fInot\fR be \fBconsole\fR or any other generic that might cause confusion in a
 multi-platform environment!  If a model number follows, it should indicate
 either the OS release level or the console driver release level.
 .PP
 The root name for a terminal emulator (assuming it does not fit one of the
 standard ANSI or vt100 types) should be the program name or a readily
-recognizable abbreviation of it (i.e. \fBversaterm\fR, \fBctrm\fR).
+recognizable abbreviation of it (i.e., \fBversaterm\fR, \fBctrm\fR).
 .PP
 Following the root name, you may add any reasonable number of hyphen-separated
 feature suffixes.