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authorJakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>2018-04-17 21:17:57 +0200
committerJay Satiro <raysatiro@yahoo.com>2018-04-17 15:32:51 -0400
commit24e835587714289214002506aa0e2d59313f95c0 (patch)
treef0370364e2b150a36a6e27d277e5277f527ba3b7 /docs/cmdline-opts
parentba48863e52ab042a6cf754e254dfb5062a45b090 (diff)
docs: fix typos
Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/2503
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/cmdline-opts')
-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/ftp-port.d6
-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/interface.d2
-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer6
-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-cert-type.d2
-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/proxytunnel.d2
-rw-r--r--docs/cmdline-opts/range.d2
6 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/ftp-port.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/ftp-port.d
index a852e9054..e4b145608 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/ftp-port.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/ftp-port.d
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ to setup an IP address and port for it to connect to. <address> should be one
of:
.RS
.IP interface
-i.e "eth0" to specify which interface's IP address you want to use (Unix only)
+e.g. "eth0" to specify which interface's IP address you want to use (Unix only)
.IP "IP address"
-i.e "192.168.10.1" to specify the exact IP address
+e.g. "192.168.10.1" to specify the exact IP address
.IP "host name"
-i.e "my.host.domain" to specify the machine
+e.g. "my.host.domain" to specify the machine
.IP "-"
make curl pick the same IP address that is already used for the control
connection
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/interface.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/interface.d
index bd0817618..65827fb8b 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/interface.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/interface.d
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ name, IP address or host name. An example could look like:
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
On Linux it can be used to specify a VRF, but the binary needs to either
-have CAP_NET_RAW or to be ran as root. More information about Linux VRF:
+have CAP_NET_RAW or to be run as root. More information about Linux VRF:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/vrf.txt
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer b/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer
index 1ca47ae02..89bface65 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SMTP, LDAP etc.
.IP "ALL_PROXY [protocol://]<host>[:port]"
Sets the proxy server to use if no protocol-specific proxy is set.
.IP "NO_PROXY <comma-separated list of hosts>"
-list of host names that shouldn't go through any proxy. If set to a asterisk
+list of host names that shouldn't go through any proxy. If set to an asterisk
\&'*' only, it matches all hosts.
This environment variable disables use of the proxy even when specified with
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ a supported one, the proxy will be treated as an HTTP proxy.
The supported proxy protocol prefixes are as follows:
.IP "http://"
-Makes it use it as a HTTP proxy. The default if no scheme prefix is used.
+Makes it use it as an HTTP proxy. The default if no scheme prefix is used.
.IP "https://"
-Makes it treated as a \fBHTTPS\fP proxy.
+Makes it treated as an \fBHTTPS\fP proxy.
.IP "socks4://"
Makes it the equivalent of --socks4
.IP "socks4a://"
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-cert-type.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-cert-type.d
index 8c9e7889b..906d2a115 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-cert-type.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-cert-type.d
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Long: proxy-cert-type
Arg: <type>
Added: 7.52.0
-Help: Client certificate type for HTTS proxy
+Help: Client certificate type for HTTPS proxy
---
Same as --cert-type but used in HTTPS proxy context.
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxytunnel.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxytunnel.d
index f2e8b802d..42aee2bb2 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/proxytunnel.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/proxytunnel.d
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Long: proxytunnel
Short: p
-Help: Operate through a HTTP proxy tunnel (using CONNECT)
+Help: Operate through an HTTP proxy tunnel (using CONNECT)
See-also: proxy
---
When an HTTP proxy is used --proxy, this option will cause non-HTTP protocols
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/range.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/range.d
index 760d15e22..b888dd181 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/range.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/range.d
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Help: Retrieve only the bytes within RANGE
Arg: <range>
Protocols: HTTP FTP SFTP FILE
---
-Retrieve a byte range (i.e a partial document) from a HTTP/1.1, FTP or SFTP
+Retrieve a byte range (i.e. a partial document) from an HTTP/1.1, FTP or SFTP
server or a local FILE. Ranges can be specified in a number of ways.
.RS
.TP 10