On 7/9/20 6:39 PM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > 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> LGTM. Thanks. Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > 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" > -- ~Randy
