diff --git a/appendices/about.xml b/appendices/about.xml
index e5c561cdf4..b7aa1f5a2d 100644
--- a/appendices/about.xml
+++ b/appendices/about.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.42 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.43 $ -->
 
 <appendix id="about">
  <title>About the manual</title>
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ Returns the length of string.
   <note>
    <para>
     Please don't abuse the bug system by submitting requests for help. 
-    Instead, one of the many 
-    <ulink url="&url.php.support;">support options</ulink>
+    Instead, use one of the many 
+    <ulink url="&url.php.support;">support options</ulink>.
    </para>
   </note>
   <para>
diff --git a/appendices/migration5.xml b/appendices/migration5.xml
index 55b32040df..bd36f26fc6 100755
--- a/appendices/migration5.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration5.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.46 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.47 $ -->
  <appendix id="migration5">
   <title>Migrating from PHP 4 to PHP 5</title>
 
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"
     <listitem>
      <simpara>
       <function>iconv_strrpos</function> - Finds the last occurrence of a
-      needle within the specified range of haystack
+      needle within a haystack
      </simpara>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"
     <listitem>
      <simpara>
       <function>time_nanosleep</function> - Delay for a number of seconds and
-      nano seconds
+      nanoseconds
     </simpara>
     </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"
     <listitem>
      <simpara>
       <function>curl_copy_handle</function> - Copy a cURL handle
-      along with all of it's preferences
+      along with all of its preferences
      </simpara>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
      <simpara>
-      <function>imagefilter</function> - Applies Filter an image using a
-      custom angle 
+      <function>imagefilter</function> - Applies a filter to an image using
+      custom arguments
      </simpara>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@ Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
      <simpara>
-      <function>setrawcookie</function> - Send a cookie with no url encoding
-      of the value
+      <function>setrawcookie</function> - Send a cookie without URL-encoding
+      the value
      </simpara>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"
     In previous versions of PHP, objects were handled like primitive types
     (for instance integers and strings). The drawback of this method was that
     semantically the whole object was copied when a variable was assigned, or
-    pass as a parameter to a method. In the new approach, objects are
+    passed as a parameter to a method. In the new approach, objects are
     referenced by handle, and not by value (one can think of a handle as an
     object's identifier).
    </para>
diff --git a/reference/datetime/functions/idate.xml b/reference/datetime/functions/idate.xml
index 33714fb5aa..2c0e7bc913 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/functions/idate.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/functions/idate.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.idate">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>idate</refname>
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@
   </para>
   <note>
    <para>
-    As <function>idate</function> returns always an <type>integer</type> and
-    as they can't start with a "0", <function>idate</function> may return less
-    digits then you would expect. See the example below:
+    As <function>idate</function> always returns an <type>integer</type> and
+    as they can't start with a "0", <function>idate</function> may return
+    fewer digits than you would expect. See the example below:
    </para>
   </note>
   <para>
diff --git a/reference/iconv/functions/iconv-strrpos.xml b/reference/iconv/functions/iconv-strrpos.xml
index 7986bcffa3..bf33af7ee5 100644
--- a/reference/iconv/functions/iconv-strrpos.xml
+++ b/reference/iconv/functions/iconv-strrpos.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- Generated by xml_proto.php v2.0. Found in /scripts directory of phpdoc. -->
   <refentry id="function.iconv-strrpos">
    <refnamediv>
     <refname>iconv_strrpos</refname>
     <refpurpose>
-     Finds the last occurrence of a needle within the specified range of haystack
+     Finds the last occurrence of a needle within a haystack
     </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsect1>