diff --git a/reference/tidy/constants.xml b/reference/tidy/constants.xml
index 6f0a4c1ead..a1454cf061 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/constants.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/constants.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
 <appendix xml:id="tidy.constants" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  &reftitle.constants;
  &extension.constants;
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   Each <literal>TIDY_TAG_XXX</literal> represents a HTML tag. For example,
   <constant>TIDY_TAG_A</constant> represents a &lt;a
   href="XX"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; tag. Each <literal>TIDY_ATTR_XXX</literal>
-  represents a HTML atribute. For example <constant>TIDY_ATTR_HREF</constant>
-  would represent the href atribute in the previous example.
+  represents a HTML attribute. For example <constant>TIDY_ATTR_HREF</constant>
+  would represent the href attribute in the previous example.
  </para>
  <para>
   The following constants are defined:
diff --git a/reference/tidy/functions/tidy-set-encoding.xml b/reference/tidy/functions/tidy-set-encoding.xml
index 47053c4b46..2bde6944ce 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/functions/tidy-set-encoding.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/functions/tidy-set-encoding.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.tidy-set-encoding" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>tidy_set_encoding</refname>
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@
      <term><parameter>encoding</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Possible values for <parameter>encoding</parameter> are ascii, latin0,
-       latin1, raw, utf8, iso2022, mac, win1252, ibm858, utf16, utf16le,
-       utf16be, big5 and shiftjis.
+       The <parameter>encoding</parameter> parameter sets the encoding for
+       input/output documents. The possible values for encoding  are: 
+       <literal>ascii</literal>, <literal>latin0</literal>, <literal>latin1</literal>,
+       <literal>raw</literal>, <literal>utf8</literal>, <literal>iso2022</literal>,
+       <literal>mac</literal>, <literal>win1252</literal>, <literal>ibm858</literal>,
+       <literal>utf16</literal>, <literal>utf16le</literal>, <literal>utf16be</literal>,
+       <literal>big5</literal>, and <literal>shiftjis</literal>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
diff --git a/reference/tidy/tidy/body.xml b/reference/tidy/tidy/body.xml
index 8976a23b9a..fd09f127a3 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/tidy/body.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/tidy/body.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="tidy.body" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>tidy::body</refname>
   <refname>tidy_get_body</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Returns a tidyNode Object starting from the &lt;body&gt; tag of the tidy parse tree</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Returns a <classname>tidyNode</classname> object starting from the &lt;body&gt; tag of the tidy parse tree</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsect1 role="description">
   &reftitle.description;
diff --git a/reference/tidy/tidy/head.xml b/reference/tidy/tidy/head.xml
index e87e46e4a6..7f54857a0c 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/tidy/head.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/tidy/head.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="tidy.head" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>tidy::head</refname>
   <refname>tidy_get_head</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Returns a tidyNode Object starting from the &lt;head&gt; tag of the tidy parse tree</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Returns a <classname>tidyNode</classname> object starting from the &lt;head&gt; tag of the tidy parse tree</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsect1 role="description">
   &reftitle.description;
diff --git a/reference/tidy/tidy/html.xml b/reference/tidy/tidy/html.xml
index 07ce489fe4..7aa42e23de 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/tidy/html.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/tidy/html.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="tidy.html" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>tidy::html</refname>
   <refname>tidy_get_html</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Returns a tidyNode Object starting from the &lt;html&gt; tag of the tidy parse tree</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Returns a <classname>tidyNode</classname> object starting from the &lt;html&gt; tag of the tidy parse tree</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsect1 role="description">
   &reftitle.description;
diff --git a/reference/tidy/tidy/parsefile.xml b/reference/tidy/tidy/parsefile.xml
index 42042ba88b..716225e2ac 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/tidy/parsefile.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/tidy/parsefile.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="tidy.parsefile" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>tidy::parseFile</refname>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>use_include_path</parameter><initializer>false</initializer></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
   <para>
-   This function parses the given file.
+   Parses the given file.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
        options themselves.
       </para>
       <para>
-       Pour une explication sur chaque option, voyez 
+       For an explanation about each option, see
        <link xlink:href="&url.tidy.conf;">&url.tidy.conf;</link>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@
      <term><parameter>encoding</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       Le paramètre <parameter>encoding</parameter> configure l'encodage
-       pour les documents d'entrée et de sortie. Les valeurs possibles sont
+       The <parameter>encoding</parameter> parameter sets the encoding for
+       input/output documents. The possible values for encoding  are: 
        <literal>ascii</literal>, <literal>latin0</literal>, <literal>latin1</literal>,
        <literal>raw</literal>, <literal>utf8</literal>, <literal>iso2022</literal>,
        <literal>mac</literal>, <literal>win1252</literal>, <literal>ibm858</literal>,
        <literal>utf16</literal>, <literal>utf16le</literal>, <literal>utf16be</literal>,
-       <literal>big5</literal> et <literal>shiftjis</literal>.
+       <literal>big5</literal>, and <literal>shiftjis</literal>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
diff --git a/reference/tidy/tidy/repairfile.xml b/reference/tidy/tidy/repairfile.xml
index 9976736e8f..44b894f464 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/tidy/repairfile.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/tidy/repairfile.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="tidy.repairfile" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>tidy::repairFile</refname>
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@
      <listitem>
       <para>
        The <parameter>encoding</parameter> parameter sets the encoding for
-       input/output documents. The possible values for encoding  are: ascii,
-       latin0, latin1, raw, utf8, iso2022, mac, win1252, ibm858, utf16,
-       utf16le, utf16be, big5 and shiftjis.
+       input/output documents. The possible values for encoding  are: 
+       <literal>ascii</literal>, <literal>latin0</literal>, <literal>latin1</literal>,
+       <literal>raw</literal>, <literal>utf8</literal>, <literal>iso2022</literal>,
+       <literal>mac</literal>, <literal>win1252</literal>, <literal>ibm858</literal>,
+       <literal>utf16</literal>, <literal>utf16le</literal>, <literal>utf16be</literal>,
+       <literal>big5</literal>, and <literal>shiftjis</literal>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
diff --git a/reference/tidy/tidy/repairstring.xml b/reference/tidy/tidy/repairstring.xml
index 2e87471bea..1d2e762051 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/tidy/repairstring.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/tidy/repairstring.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="tidy.repairstring" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>tidy::repairString</refname>
@@ -59,9 +59,12 @@
      <listitem>
       <para>
        The <parameter>encoding</parameter> parameter sets the encoding for
-       input/output documents. The possible values for encoding  are: ascii,
-       latin0, latin1, raw, utf8, iso2022, mac, win1252, ibm858, utf16,
-       utf16le, utf16be, big5 and shiftjis.
+       input/output documents. The possible values for encoding  are: 
+       <literal>ascii</literal>, <literal>latin0</literal>, <literal>latin1</literal>,
+       <literal>raw</literal>, <literal>utf8</literal>, <literal>iso2022</literal>,
+       <literal>mac</literal>, <literal>win1252</literal>, <literal>ibm858</literal>,
+       <literal>utf16</literal>, <literal>utf16le</literal>, <literal>utf16be</literal>,
+       <literal>big5</literal>, and <literal>shiftjis</literal>.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
diff --git a/reference/tidy/tidy/root.xml b/reference/tidy/tidy/root.xml
index e4626f3739..a210e1f8fe 100644
--- a/reference/tidy/tidy/root.xml
+++ b/reference/tidy/tidy/root.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="tidy.root" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>tidy::root</refname>
   <refname>tidy_get_root</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Returns a tidyNode object representing the root of the tidy parse tree</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Returns a <classname>tidyNode</classname> object representing the root of the tidy parse tree</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsect1 role="description">
   &reftitle.description;