tree-wide: fixes for assorted grammar and spelling issues

Fixes #16363. Also includes some changes where I generalized the pattern.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/man/tc.xml b/man/tc.xml
index 1711915c22..f312ac2692 100644
--- a/man/tc.xml
+++ b/man/tc.xml
@@ -10,27 +10,28 @@
     <varlistentry id='qdisc-parent'>
       <term><varname>Parent=</varname></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Specifies the parent Queueing Discipline (qdisc). Takes one of <literal>root</literal>,
-        <literal>clsact</literal>, <literal>ingress</literal> or a class id. The class id takes the
-        major and minor number in hexadecimal ranges 1 to ffff separated with a colon
-        (<literal>major:minor</literal>). Defaults to <literal>root</literal>.</para>
+        <para>Configures the parent Queueing Discipline (qdisc). Takes one of <literal>root</literal>,
+        <literal>clsact</literal>, <literal>ingress</literal> or a class identifier. The class identifier is
+        specified as the major and minor numbers in hexadecimal in the range 0x1–Oxffff separated with a
+        colon (<literal>major:minor</literal>). Defaults to <literal>root</literal>.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
     <varlistentry id='qdisc-handle'>
       <term><varname>Handle=</varname></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Specifies the major number of unique identifier of the qdisc, known as the handle.
-        Takes a number in hexadecimal ranges 1 to ffff. Defaults to unset.</para>
+        <para>Configures the major number of unique identifier of the qdisc, known as the handle.
+        Takes a hexadecimal number in the range 0x1–0xffff. Defaults to unset.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
     <varlistentry id='tclass-parent'>
       <term><varname>Parent=</varname></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Specifies the parent Queueing Discipline (qdisc). Takes one of <literal>root</literal>,
-        or a qdisc id. The qdisc id takes the major and minor number in hexadecimal ranges 1 to ffff
-        separated with a colon (<literal>major:minor</literal>). Defaults to <literal>root</literal>.
+        <para>Configures the parent Queueing Discipline (qdisc). Takes one of <literal>root</literal>, or a
+        qdisc identifier. The qdisc identifier is specified as the major and minor numbers in hexadecimal in
+        the range 0x1–Oxffff separated with a colon (<literal>major:minor</literal>). Defaults to
+        <literal>root</literal>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -38,8 +39,9 @@
     <varlistentry id='tclass-classid'>
       <term><varname>ClassId=</varname></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Specifies the major and minur number of unique identifier of the class, known as the
-        class ID. Each number is in hexadecimal ranges 1 to ffff. Defaults to unset.</para>
+        <para>Configues the unique identifier of the class. It is specified as the major and minor numbers in
+        hexadecimal in the range 0x1–Oxffff separated with a colon (<literal>major:minor</literal>).
+        Defaults to unset.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>