2005-10-28 Bob Wilson <bob.wilson@acm.org>

        * libc/ctype/ctype.tex: Use hyphens as appropriate, but not  otherwise.
        * libc/ctype/islower.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/isupper.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswalnum.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswalpha.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswblank.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswcntrl.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswdigit.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswgraph.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswlower.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswprint.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswpunct.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswspace.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswupper.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/iswxdigit.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/tolower.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/toupper.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/towctrans.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/towlower.c: Likewise.
        * libc/ctype/towupper.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/strcasecmp.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/strcoll.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/strings.tex: Likewise.
        * libc/string/strlwr.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/strncasecmp.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/strupr.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wcscoll.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wcslcat.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wcslcpy.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wcsnlen.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wcsstr.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wcstrings.tex: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wmemchr.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wmemcmp.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wmemcpy.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wmemmove.c: Likewise.
        * libc/string/wmemset.c: Likewise.

37 files changed, 133 insertions, 133 deletions

diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/ctype.tex b/newlib/libc/ctype/ctype.tex
index bfdc929f7..d15e86b30 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/ctype.tex
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/ctype.tex
@@ -12,32 +12,32 @@ The header file @file{ctype.h} defines the macros.
 * isascii::   ASCII character predicate
 * iscntrl::   Control character predicate
 * isdigit::   Decimal digit predicate
-* islower::   Lower-case character predicate
+* islower::   Lowercase character predicate
 * isprint::   Printable character predicates (isprint, isgraph)
 * ispunct::   Punctuation character predicate
 * isspace::   Whitespace character predicate
 * isupper::   Uppercase character predicate
 * isxdigit::  Hexadecimal digit predicate
 * toascii::   Force integers to ASCII range
-* tolower::   Translate characters to lower case
-* toupper::   Translate characters to upper case
-* iswalnum::  Alphanumeric wide-character predicate
-* iswalpha::  Alphabetic wide-character predicate
-* iswblank::  Blank wide-character predicate
-* iswcntrl::  Control wide-character predicate
-* iswdigit::  Decimal digit wide-character predicate
-* iswgraph::  Graphic wide-character predicate
-* iswlower::  Lower-case wide-character predicate
-* iswprint::  Printable wide-character predicate
-* iswpunct::  Punctuation wide-character predicate
-* iswspace::  Whitespace wide-character predicate
-* iswupper::  Uppercase wide-character predicate
-* iswxdigit:: Hexadecimal digit wide-character predicate
+* tolower::   Translate characters to lowercase
+* toupper::   Translate characters to uppercase
+* iswalnum::  Alphanumeric wide character predicate
+* iswalpha::  Alphabetic wide character predicate
+* iswblank::  Blank wide character predicate
+* iswcntrl::  Control wide character predicate
+* iswdigit::  Decimal digit wide character predicate
+* iswgraph::  Graphic wide character predicate
+* iswlower::  Lowercase wide character predicate
+* iswprint::  Printable wide character predicate
+* iswpunct::  Punctuation wide character predicate
+* iswspace::  Whitespace wide character predicate
+* iswupper::  Uppercase wide character predicate
+* iswxdigit:: Hexadecimal digit wide character predicate
 * iswctype::  Extensible wide-character test
 * wctype::    Compute wide-character test type
-* towlower::  Translate wide-characters to lower case
-* towupper::  Translate wide-characters to upper case
-* towctrans:: Extensible wide-character case mapping
+* towlower::  Translate wide characters to lowercase
+* towupper::  Translate wide characters to uppercase
+* towctrans:: Extensible wide-character translation
 * wctrans::   Compute wide-character translation type
 @end menu
 
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/islower.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/islower.c
index 81ad0bb27..cda484367 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/islower.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/islower.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-<<islower>>---lower-case character predicate
+<<islower>>---lowercase character predicate
 
 INDEX
 islower
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ int islower(<[c]>);
 DESCRIPTION
 <<islower>> is a macro which classifies ASCII integer values by table
 lookup.  It is a predicate returning non-zero for minuscules
-(lower-case alphabetic characters), and 0 for other characters.
+(lowercase alphabetic characters), and 0 for other characters.
 It is defined only when <<isascii>>(<[c]>) is true or <[c]> is EOF.
 
 You can use a compiled subroutine instead of the macro definition by
 undefining the macro using `<<#undef islower>>'.
 
 RETURNS
-<<islower>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a lower case letter (<<a>>--<<z>>).
+<<islower>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a lowercase letter (<<a>>--<<z>>).
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<islower>> is ANSI C.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/isupper.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/isupper.c
index 8127e25da..4cf9e9a2d 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/isupper.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/isupper.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ int isupper(<[c]>);
 
 DESCRIPTION
 <<isupper>> is a macro which classifies ASCII integer values by table
-lookup.  It is a predicate returning non-zero for upper-case letters
+lookup.  It is a predicate returning non-zero for uppercase letters
 (<<A>>--<<Z>>), and 0 for other characters.  It is defined only when
 <<isascii>>(<[c]>) is true or <[c]> is EOF.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ You can use a compiled subroutine instead of the macro definition by
 undefining the macro using `<<#undef isupper>>'.
 
 RETURNS
-<<isupper>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a upper case letter (A-Z).
+<<isupper>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a uppercase letter (A-Z).
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<isupper>> is ANSI C.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswalnum.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswalnum.c
index 12613c7a1..c417cb31e 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswalnum.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswalnum.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswalnum>>---alpha-numeric wide-character test
+	<<iswalnum>>---alphanumeric wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswalnum
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 <<iswalnum>> is a function which classifies wide-character values that
-are alpha-numeric.
+are alphanumeric.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswalnum>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a alpha-numeric wide-character.
+<<iswalnum>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a alphanumeric wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswalnum>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswalpha.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswalpha.c
index 0e987a992..7f8de8e59 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswalpha.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswalpha.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswalpha>>---alphabetic wide-character test
+	<<iswalpha>>---alphabetic wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswalpha
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 are alphabetic.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswalpha>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is an alphabetic wide-character.
+<<iswalpha>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is an alphabetic wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswalpha>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswblank.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswblank.c
index b10756d5e..48205bb17 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswblank.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswblank.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswblank>>---wide-character blank test
+	<<iswblank>>---blank wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswblank
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 are categorized as blank.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswblank>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a blank wide-character.
+<<iswblank>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a blank wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswblank>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswcntrl.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswcntrl.c
index d09295225..15ff1fa67 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswcntrl.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswcntrl.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswcntrl>>---wide-character cntrl test
+	<<iswcntrl>>---control wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswcntrl
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 <<iswcntrl>> is a function which classifies wide-character values that
-are categorized as a control character.
+are categorized as control characters.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswcntrl>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a control wide-character.
+<<iswcntrl>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a control wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswcntrl>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswdigit.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswdigit.c
index 94c74ae9c..8ba5d5f0e 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswdigit.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswdigit.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswdigit>>---decimal digit wide-character test
+	<<iswdigit>>---decimal digit wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswdigit
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 are decimal digits.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswdigit>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a decimal digit wide-character.
+<<iswdigit>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a decimal digit wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswdigit>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswgraph.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswgraph.c
index 880c66478..bb1e519f1 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswgraph.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswgraph.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswgraph>>---graphic wide-character test
+	<<iswgraph>>---graphic wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswgraph
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 are graphic.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswgraph>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a graphic wide-character.
+<<iswgraph>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a graphic wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswgraph>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswlower.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswlower.c
index d320486a9..683a9cbb0 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswlower.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswlower.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswlower>>---lower-case wide-character test
+	<<iswlower>>---lowercase wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswlower
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 <<iswlower>> is a function which classifies wide-character values that
-have an upper-case translation.
+have uppercase translations.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswlower>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a lower-case wide-character.
+<<iswlower>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a lowercase wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswlower>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswprint.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswprint.c
index f4ec08752..6c0cc553d 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswprint.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswprint.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswprint>>---printable wide-character test
+	<<iswprint>>---printable wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswprint
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 are printable.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswprint>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a printable wide-character.
+<<iswprint>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a printable wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswprint>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswpunct.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswpunct.c
index 88442b6ca..c6a4eda83 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswpunct.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswpunct.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswpunct>>---punctuation wide-character test
+	<<iswpunct>>---punctuation wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswpunct
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 are punctuation.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswpunct>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a punctuation wide-character.
+<<iswpunct>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a punctuation wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswpunct>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswspace.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswspace.c
index f4d0a0b91..e10a35df6 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswspace.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswspace.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswspace>>---wide-character space test
+	<<iswspace>>---whitespace wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswspace
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 <<iswspace>> is a function which classifies wide-character values that
-are categorized as white-space.
+are categorized as whitespace.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswspace>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a white-space wide-character.
+<<iswspace>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a whitespace wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswspace>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswupper.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswupper.c
index 872475da2..424d65240 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswupper.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswupper.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswupper>>---upper-case wide-character test
+	<<iswupper>>---uppercase wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswupper
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 <<iswupper>> is a function which classifies wide-character values that
-have an upper-case translation.
+have uppercase translations.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswupper>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a upper-case wide-character.
+<<iswupper>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a uppercase wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswupper>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswxdigit.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswxdigit.c
index 73d8fa445..4cf76fa25 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/iswxdigit.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/iswxdigit.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<iswxdigit>>---hexadecimal digit wide-character test
+	<<iswxdigit>>---hexadecimal digit wide character test
 
 INDEX
 	iswxdigit
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	wint_t <[c]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-<<iswxdigit>> is a function which classifies wide-character values that
+<<iswxdigit>> is a function which classifies wide character values that
 are hexadecimal digits.
 
 RETURNS
-<<iswxdigit>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a hexadecimal digit wide-character.
+<<iswxdigit>> returns non-zero if <[c]> is a hexadecimal digit wide character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<iswxdigit>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/tolower.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/tolower.c
index e43fa6c9d..bdd22bfc5 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/tolower.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/tolower.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<tolower>>---translate characters to lower case
+	<<tolower>>---translate characters to lowercase
 
 INDEX
 	tolower
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
-<<tolower>> is a macro which converts upper-case characters to lower
-case, leaving all other characters unchanged.  It is only defined when
+<<tolower>> is a macro which converts uppercase characters to lowercase,
+leaving all other characters unchanged.  It is only defined when
 <[c]> is an integer in the range <<EOF>> to <<255>>.
 
 You can use a compiled subroutine instead of the macro definition by
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ undefining this macro using `<<#undef tolower>>'.
 only be used when <[c]> is known to be an uppercase character (<<A>>--<<Z>>).
 
 RETURNS
-<<tolower>> returns the lower-case equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
+<<tolower>> returns the lowercase equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
 character between <<A>> and <<Z>>, and <[c]> otherwise.
 
-<<_tolower>> returns the lower-case equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
+<<_tolower>> returns the lowercase equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
 character between <<A>> and <<Z>>.  If <[c]> is not one of these
 characters, the behaviour of <<_tolower>> is undefined.
 
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/toupper.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/toupper.c
index 7977beb79..26f64b6dc 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/toupper.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/toupper.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<toupper>>---translate characters to upper case
+	<<toupper>>---translate characters to uppercase
 
 INDEX
 	toupper
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
-<<toupper>> is a macro which converts lower-case characters to upper
-case, leaving all other characters unchanged.  It is only defined when
+<<toupper>> is a macro which converts lowercase characters to uppercase,
+leaving all other characters unchanged.  It is only defined when
 <[c]> is an integer in the range <<EOF>> to <<255>>.
 
 You can use a compiled subroutine instead of the macro definition by
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ undefining this macro using `<<#undef toupper>>'.
 only be used when <[c]> is known to be a lowercase character (<<a>>--<<z>>).
 
 RETURNS
-<<toupper>> returns the upper-case equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
+<<toupper>> returns the uppercase equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
 character between <<a>> and <<z>>, and <[c]> otherwise.
 
-<<_toupper>> returns the upper-case equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
+<<_toupper>> returns the uppercase equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
 character between <<a>> and <<z>>.  If <[c]> is not one of these
 characters, the behaviour of <<_toupper>> is undefined.
 
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/towctrans.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/towctrans.c
index cf2162670..416a491d3 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/towctrans.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/towctrans.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<towctrans>>---extensible wide-character case mapping
+	<<towctrans>>---extensible wide-character translation
 
 INDEX
 	towctrans
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
-<<towctrans>> is a function which converts wide-characters based on
+<<towctrans>> is a function which converts wide characters based on
 a specified translation type <[w]>.  If the translation type is
 invalid or cannot be applied to the current character, no change
 to the character is made.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/towlower.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/towlower.c
index 5c36a31a6..89873c2f1 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/towlower.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/towlower.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<towlower>>---translate wide-characters to lower case
+	<<towlower>>---translate wide characters to lowercase
 
 INDEX
 	towlower
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
-<<towlower>> is a function which converts upper-case wide-characters to lower
-case, leaving all other characters unchanged.
+<<towlower>> is a function which converts uppercase wide characters to
+lowercase, leaving all other characters unchanged.
 
 RETURNS
-<<towlower>> returns the lower-case equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
-upper-case wide-character, otherwise, it returns the input character.
+<<towlower>> returns the lowercase equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
+uppercase wide character; otherwise, it returns the input character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<towlower>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/ctype/towupper.c b/newlib/libc/ctype/towupper.c
index 530aebf3a..ec6c4ffa4 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/ctype/towupper.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/ctype/towupper.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<towupper>>---translate wide-characters to upper case
+	<<towupper>>---translate wide characters to uppercase
 
 INDEX
 	towupper
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
-<<towupper>> is a function which converts lower-case wide-characters to upper
-case, leaving all other characters unchanged.
+<<towupper>> is a function which converts lowercase wide characters to
+uppercase, leaving all other characters unchanged.
 
 RETURNS
-<<towupper>> returns the upper-case equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
-lower-case wide-character, otherwise, it returns the input character.
+<<towupper>> returns the uppercase equivalent of <[c]> when it is a
+lowercase wide character, otherwise, it returns the input character.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<towupper>> is C99.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strcasecmp.c b/newlib/libc/string/strcasecmp.c
index 4dcfc784a..f96f7f5c9 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strcasecmp.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strcasecmp.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<strcasecmp>>---case insensitive character string compare
+	<<strcasecmp>>---case-insensitive character string compare
 	
 INDEX
 	strcasecmp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 RETURNS 
 
 	If <<*<[a]>>> sorts lexicographically after <<*<[b]>>> (after
-	both are converted to upper case), <<strcasecmp>> returns a
+	both are converted to uppercase), <<strcasecmp>> returns a
 	number greater than zero.  If the two strings match,
 	<<strcasecmp>> returns zero.  If <<*<[a]>>> sorts
 	lexicographically before <<*<[b]>>>, <<strcasecmp>> returns a
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strcoll.c b/newlib/libc/string/strcoll.c
index 8760b2217..65dc38037 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strcoll.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strcoll.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<strcoll>>---locale specific character string compare
+	<<strcoll>>---locale-specific character string compare
 	
 INDEX
 	strcoll
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex b/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex
index 4e1a2cd16..3ca732f79 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strings.tex
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ managing areas of memory.  The corresponding declarations are in
 * strcat::      Concatenate strings
 * strchr::      Search for character in string
 * strcmp::      Character string compare
-* strcoll::     Locale specific character string compare
+* strcoll::     Locale-specific character string compare
 * strcpy::      Copy string
 * strcspn::     Count chars not in string
 * strerror::    Convert error number to string
 * strerror_r::  Convert error number to string
 * strlen::      Character string length
-* strlwr::	Convert string to lower case
+* strlwr::	Convert string to lowercase
 * strncasecmp::	Compare strings ignoring case
 * strncat::     Concatenate strings
 * strncmp::     Character string compare
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strlwr.c b/newlib/libc/string/strlwr.c
index cf0d45f71..47096d430 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strlwr.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strlwr.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<strlwr>>---force string to lower case
+	<<strlwr>>---force string to lowercase
 	
 INDEX
 	strlwr
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	char *<[a]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	<<strlwr>> converts each characters in the string at <[a]> to
-	lower case.
+	<<strlwr>> converts each character in the string at <[a]> to
+	lowercase.
 
 RETURNS
 	<<strlwr>> returns its argument, <[a]>.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strncasecmp.c b/newlib/libc/string/strncasecmp.c
index 28c6cc44f..c877ba53c 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strncasecmp.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strncasecmp.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<strncasecmp>>---case insensitive character string compare
+	<<strncasecmp>>---case-insensitive character string compare
 	
 INDEX
 	strncasecmp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 RETURNS
 
 	If <<*<[a]>>> sorts lexicographically after <<*<[b]>>> (after
-	both are converted to upper case), <<strncasecmp>> returns a
+	both are converted to uppercase), <<strncasecmp>> returns a
 	number greater than zero.  If the two strings are equivalent,
 	<<strncasecmp>> returns zero.  If <<*<[a]>>> sorts
 	lexicographically before <<*<[b]>>>, <<strncasecmp>> returns a
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/strupr.c b/newlib/libc/string/strupr.c
index d7f7c129d..3f346b840 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/strupr.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/strupr.c
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	char *<[a]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	<<strupr>> converts each characters in the string at <[a]> to
-	upper case.
+	<<strupr>> converts each character in the string at <[a]> to
+	uppercase.
 
 RETURNS
 	<<strupr>> returns its argument, <[a]>.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcscoll.c b/newlib/libc/string/wcscoll.c
index 9287af38c..0f0513a58 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcscoll.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcscoll.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<wcscoll>>---locale specific wide-character string compare
+	<<wcscoll>>---locale-specific wide-character string compare
 	
 INDEX
 	wcscoll
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcslcat.c b/newlib/libc/string/wcslcat.c
index adf683ad5..75c085b5b 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcslcat.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcslcat.c
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	size_t <[siz]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	The <<wcslcat>> function appends wide-characters from <[src]> to
+	The <<wcslcat>> function appends wide characters from <[src]> to
 	end of the <[dst]> wide-character string so that the resultant
-	wide-character string is not more than <[siz]> wide-characters
-	including terminating null wide-character code.  A terminating
-	null wide-character is always added unless <[siz]> is 0.  Thus,
-	the maximum number of wide-characters that can be appended from
+	wide-character string is not more than <[siz]> wide characters
+	including the terminating null wide-character code.  A terminating
+	null wide character is always added unless <[siz]> is 0.  Thus,
+	the maximum number of wide characters that can be appended from
 	<[src]> is <[siz]> - 1. If copying takes place between objects 
 	that overlap, the behaviour is undefined.
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RETURNS
 	wide-character string length of <[src]> (does not include
 	terminating null wide-characters).  If the return value is
 	greater than or equal to <[siz]>, then truncation occurred and
-	not all wide-characters from <[src]> were appended.
+	not all wide characters from <[src]> were appended.
 
 PORTABILITY
 No supporting OS subroutines are required.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcslcpy.c b/newlib/libc/string/wcslcpy.c
index ac7d01863..21c030b38 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcslcpy.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcslcpy.c
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	size_t <[siz]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	<<wcslcpy>> copies wide-characters from <[src]> to <[dst]>
+	<<wcslcpy>> copies wide characters from <[src]> to <[dst]>
 	such that up to <[siz]> - 1 characters are copied.  A
 	terminating null is appended to the result, unless <[siz]>
 	is zero.
 
 RETURNS
-	<<wcslcpy>> returns the number of wide-characters in <[src]>,
-	not including the terminating null wide-character.  If the
+	<<wcslcpy>> returns the number of wide characters in <[src]>,
+	not including the terminating null wide character.  If the
 	return value is greater than or equal to <[siz]>, then
-	not all wide-characters were copied from <[src]> and truncation
+	not all wide characters were copied from <[src]> and truncation
 	occurred.
 
 PORTABILITY
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcsnlen.c b/newlib/libc/string/wcsnlen.c
index 3804bdf90..9d680d603 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcsnlen.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcsnlen.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* 
 FUNCTION
-        <<wcsnlen>>---get fixed-size wide character string length
+        <<wcsnlen>>---get fixed-size wide-character string length
     
 INDEX
         wcsnlen
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
         size_t <[maxlen]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-        The <<wcsnlen>> function computes the number of wide character codes
-        in the wide character string pointed to by <[s]> not including the
+        The <<wcsnlen>> function computes the number of wide-character codes
+        in the wide-character string pointed to by <[s]> not including the
         terminating L'\0' wide character but at most <[maxlen]> wide
         characters.
 
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcsstr.c b/newlib/libc/string/wcsstr.c
index 30fc4631f..0b00396ea 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcsstr.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcsstr.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 	The <<wcsstr>> function locates the first occurrence in the
 	wide-character string pointed to by <[big]> of the sequence of
-	wide-characters (excluding the terminating null wide-character) in the
+	wide characters (excluding the terminating null wide character) in the
 	wide-character string pointed to by <[little]>.
 
 RETURNS
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wcstrings.tex b/newlib/libc/string/wcstrings.tex
index ad0a60788..df6edc47c 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wcstrings.tex
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wcstrings.tex
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 @chapter Wide Character Strings (@file{wchar.h})
 
 This chapter describes wide-character string-handling functions and
-managing areas of memory containing wide-characters.  The corresponding 
+managing areas of memory containing wide characters.  The corresponding 
 declarations are in @file{wchar.h}.
 
 @menu
-* wmemchr::     Find wide-character in memory
+* wmemchr::     Find wide character in memory
 * wmemcmp::     Compare two wide-character memory areas
 * wmemcpy::     Copy wide-character memory regions
 * wmemmove::    Move possibly overlapping wide-character memory
-* wmemset::     Set an area of memory to a specified wide-character
+* wmemset::     Set an area of memory to a specified wide character
 * wcscat::      Concatenate wide-character strings
-* wcschr::      Search for wide-character in string
+* wcschr::      Search for wide character in string
 * wcscmp::      Wide-character string compare
-* wcscoll::     Locale specific Wide-character string compare
+* wcscoll::     Locale-specific wide-character string compare
 * wcscpy::      Copy wide-character string
-* wcscspn::     Count wide-chars not in string
+* wcscspn::     Count wide characters not in string
 * wcslcat::     Concatenate wide-character strings to specified length
 * wcslcpy::     Copy wide-character string to specified length
 * wcslen::      Wide-character string length
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ declarations are in @file{wchar.h}.
 * wcsncmp::     Wide-character string compare
 * wcsncpy::     Counted copy wide-character string
 * wcsnlen::     Wide-character string length with maximum limit
-* wcspbrk::     Find wide-chars in string
-* wcsrchr::     Reverse search for wide-character in string
+* wcspbrk::     Find wide characters in string
+* wcsrchr::     Reverse search for wide character in string
 * wcsspn::      Find initial match in wide-character string
 * wcsstr::      Find wide-character string segment
 * wcswidth::    Number of column positions of a wide-character string
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wmemchr.c b/newlib/libc/string/wmemchr.c
index ca1427be0..b582b8948 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wmemchr.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wmemchr.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<wmemchr>>---find a wide-character in memory
+	<<wmemchr>>---find a wide character in memory
  
 
 ANSI_SYNOPSIS
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 	The <<wmemchr>> function locates the first occurrence of <[c]> in the
-	initial <[n]> wide-characters of the object pointed to be <[s]>. This
+	initial <[n]> wide characters of the object pointed to be <[s]>. This
 	function is not affected by locale and all wchar_t values are treated
-	identically.  The null wide-character and wchar_t values not
+	identically.  The null wide character and wchar_t values not
 	corresponding to valid characters are not treated specially.
 
 	If <[n]> is zero, <[s]> must be a valid pointer and the function
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 RETURNS
 	The <<wmemchr>> function returns a pointer to the located
-	wide-character, or a null pointer if the wide-character does not occur
+	wide character, or a null pointer if the wide character does not occur
 	in the object. 
 
 PORTABILITY
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wmemcmp.c b/newlib/libc/string/wmemcmp.c
index 96c2b765c..af9ee3207 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wmemcmp.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wmemcmp.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<wmemcmp>>---compare wide-characters in memory 
+	<<wmemcmp>>---compare wide characters in memory 
 
 ANSI_SYNOPSIS
 	#include <wchar.h>
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	size_t <[n]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	The <<wmemcmp>> function compares the first <[n]> wide-characters of the
-	object pointed to by <[s1]> to the first <[n]> wide-characters of the
+	The <<wmemcmp>> function compares the first <[n]> wide characters of the
+	object pointed to by <[s1]> to the first <[n]> wide characters of the
 	object pointed to by <[s2]>. This function is not affected by locale
-	and all wchar_t values are treated identically. The null wide-character
+	and all wchar_t values are treated identically. The null wide character
 	and wchar_t values not corresponding to valid characters are not treated
 	specially.
 
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wmemcpy.c b/newlib/libc/string/wmemcpy.c
index 24de8856b..748e8e196 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wmemcpy.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wmemcpy.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-	<<wmemcpy>>---copy wide-characters in memory 
+	<<wmemcpy>>---copy wide characters in memory 
 
 ANSI_SYNOPSIS
 	#include <wchar.h>
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	size_t <[n]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	The <<wmemcpy>> function copies <[n]> wide-characters from the object
+	The <<wmemcpy>> function copies <[n]> wide characters from the object
 	pointed to by <[s]> to the object pointed to be <[d]>. This function
 	is not affected by locale and all wchar_t values are treated
-	identically.  The null wide-character and wchar_t values not
+	identically.  The null wide character and wchar_t values not
 	corresponding to valid characters are not treated specially.
 
 	If <[n]> is zero, <[d]> and <[s]> must be a valid pointers, and the
-	function copies zero wide-characters. 
+	function copies zero wide characters. 
 
 RETURNS
 	The <<wmemcpy>> function returns the value of <[d]>.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wmemmove.c b/newlib/libc/string/wmemmove.c
index 6986fde22..e20a26ae9 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wmemmove.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wmemmove.c
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 	size_t <[n]>;
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	The <<wmemmove>> function copies <[n]> wide-characters from the object
+	The <<wmemmove>> function copies <[n]> wide characters from the object
 	pointed to by <[s]> to the object pointed to by <[d]>. Copying takes
-	place as if the <[n]> wide-characters from the object pointed to by
-	<[s]> are first copied into a temporary array of <[n]> wide-characters
+	place as if the <[n]> wide characters from the object pointed to by
+	<[s]> are first copied into a temporary array of <[n]> wide characters
 	that does not overlap the objects pointed to by <[d]> or <[s]>, and then
-	the <[n]> wide-characters from the temporary array are copied into the
+	the <[n]> wide characters from the temporary array are copied into the
 	object pointed to by <[d]>.
 
 	This function is not affected by locale and all wchar_t values are
-	treated identically. The null wide-character and wchar_t values not
+	treated identically. The null wide character and wchar_t values not
 	corresponding to valid characters are not treated specially.
 
 	If <[n]> is zero, <[d]> and <[s]> must be a valid pointers, and the
-	function copies zero wide-characters. 
+	function copies zero wide characters. 
 
 RETURNS
 	The <<wmemmove>> function returns the value of <[d]>.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/wmemset.c b/newlib/libc/string/wmemset.c
index b426f5682..0af6f91d5 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/wmemset.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/wmemset.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 FUNCTION
-       <<wmemset>>---set wide-characters in memory 
+       <<wmemset>>---set wide characters in memory 
 
 ANSI_SYNOPSIS
        #include <wchar.h>
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ TRAD_SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
        The <<wmemset>> function copies the value of <[c]> into each of the
-       first <[n]> wide-characters of the object pointed to by <[s]>.  This
+       first <[n]> wide characters of the object pointed to by <[s]>.  This
        function is not affected by locale and all wchar_t values are treated
-       identically.  The null wide-character and wchar_t values not
+       identically.  The null wide character and wchar_t values not
        corresponding to valid characters are not treated specially.
 
        If <[n]> is zero, <[s]> must be a valid pointer and the function
-       copies zero wide-characters.
+       copies zero wide characters.
 
 RETURNS
-       The <<wmemset>> functions returns the value of <[s]>.
+       The <<wmemset>> function returns the value of <[s]>.
 
 PORTABILITY
 <<wmemset>> is ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 (ISO C).