On Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 12:53:18PM GMT, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Abdul Rahim <abdul.rahim@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 11:41:52AM GMT, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 06:15:18PM +0530, Abdul Rahim wrote: > >> > Fixed spelling and edited for clarity. > >> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Abdul Rahim <abdul.rahim@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > --- > >> > Documentation/PCI/pci.rst | 2 +- > >> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > >> > > >> > diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci.rst b/Documentation/PCI/pci.rst > >> > index dd7b1c0c21da..344c2c2d94f9 100644 > >> > --- a/Documentation/PCI/pci.rst > >> > +++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci.rst > >> > @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ driver generally needs to perform the following initialization: > >> > - Enable DMA/processing engines > >> > > >> > When done using the device, and perhaps the module needs to be unloaded, > >> > -the driver needs to take the follow steps: > >> > +the driver needs to perform the following steps: > >> > >> I don't see a spelling fix here, and personally I wouldn't bother with > >> changing "take" to "perform" unless we have other more significant > >> changes to make at the same time. > > > > - "follow" has been corrected to "following", which is more appriopriate > > in this context. > > - I know its trivial, but can disturb the readers flow > > - do you want me to change the message to "Edited for clarity" > > The problem is not s/follow/following/, it is the other, unrelated > change you made that does not improve the text. There are reasons why > we ask people not to mix multiple changes. If you submit just the > "following" fix, it will surely be applied. > > Thanks, > > jon Understood, will take care next time. I will resend this patch with: "follow" -> "following", with commit message "Fixed spelling"