Documentation: multiple .rst files: Fix grammar and more consistent formatting

sphinx.rst:
- Remove unnecessary newline
- Fix grammar s/on/in/
- Fix grammar s/check/checks/
- Capitalize heading "The C domain"

changes.rst:
- Remove colon after "pahole" to be consistent with other entries

howto.rst:
- Fix grammar s/you will/will you/
- Hyphenate "real-world problems"

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@toblux.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240205000117.3285-1-thorsten.blum@toblux.com

diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
index 3d125fb4139d2455130fc5be6f810a34d1fc3c8f..709e19821a16bf468e257f44e79302bc17ac78d3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ Image output
 ------------
 
 The kernel documentation build system contains an extension that
-handles images on both GraphViz and SVG formats (see
-:ref:`sphinx_kfigure`).
+handles images in both GraphViz and SVG formats (see :ref:`sphinx_kfigure`).
 
 For it to work, you need to install both GraphViz and ImageMagick
 packages. If those packages are not installed, the build system will
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ further info.
 Checking for Sphinx dependencies
 --------------------------------
 
-There's a script that automatically check for Sphinx dependencies. If it can
+There's a script that automatically checks for Sphinx dependencies. If it can
 recognize your distribution, it will also give a hint about the install
 command line options for your distro::
 
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ Here are some specific guidelines for the kernel documentation:
   from highlighting. For a short snippet of code embedded in the text, use \`\`.
 
 
-the C domain
+The C domain
 ------------
 
 The **Sphinx C Domain** (name c) is suited for documentation of C API. E.g. a

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index 50b3d1cb11159b5fad1082d521598984a881594f..4c1552160321d64e833024de9759ab6210d8bc4b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ Bison
 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers
 during build.  This requires bison 2.0 or later.
 
-pahole:
--------
+pahole
+------
 
 Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system
 generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel

diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
index 6c73889c98fc3df798314a2dd81d4911a0aac686..eebda4910a888737559a825376990ce099f2a649 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ Managing bug reports
 --------------------
 
 One of the best ways to put into practice your hacking skills is by fixing
-bugs reported by other people. Not only you will help to make the kernel
-more stable, but you'll also learn to fix real world problems and you will
+bugs reported by other people. Not only will you help to make the kernel
+more stable, but you'll also learn to fix real-world problems and you will
 improve your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence.
 Fixing bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers,
 because not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs.