The web site "lintian.debian.org" shows some examples of "allows to", which are changed to "allows one to". I chose here to use gerund. Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@xxxxxxxxx> --- disk-utils/fdisk.8 | 2 +- disk-utils/sfdisk.8 | 6 +++--- disk-utils/swaplabel.8 | 2 +- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 b/disk-utils/fdisk.8 index f683bcaaa..8780a7419 100644 --- a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/fdisk.8 @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ are deprecated. .SH SCRIPT FILES .B fdisk -allows to read (by 'I' command) sfdisk compatible script files. The script is +allows reading (by 'I' command) sfdisk compatible script files. The script is applied to in-memory partition table, and then it is possible to modify the partition table before you write it to the device. .PP diff --git a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8 index 6c278afb6..38a674853 100644 --- a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8 @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ disk label (see the \fBEMPTY DISK LABEL\fR section below). .TP .BR \-Y , " \-\-label\-nested " \fItype Force editing of a nested disk label. The primary disk label has to exist already. -This option allows to edit for example a hybrid/protective MBR on devices with GPT. +This option allows editing for example a hybrid/protective MBR on devices with GPT. .TP .BR \-w , " \-\-wipe "\fIwhen @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ loaders and for other operating systems. .B Named-fields format .RS -This format is more readable, robust, extensible and allows to specify additional +This format is more readable, robust, extensible and allows specifying additional information (e.g., a UUID). It is recommended to use this format to keep your scripts more readable. .RS @@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ more readable. The .I device field is optional. \fBsfdisk\fR extracts the partition number from the -device name. It allows to specify the partitions in random order. +device name. It allows specifying the partitions in random order. This functionality is mostly used by \fB\-\-dump\fR. Don't use it if you are not sure. diff --git a/disk-utils/swaplabel.8 b/disk-utils/swaplabel.8 index b623a5020..c92de00a5 100644 --- a/disk-utils/swaplabel.8 +++ b/disk-utils/swaplabel.8 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ These values can also be set during swap creation using .BR mkswap (8). The .B swaplabel -utility allows to change the label or UUID on an actively used swap device. +utility allows changing the label or UUID on an actively used swap device. .SH OPTIONS .TP .BR \-h , " \-\-help" -- 2.27.0
