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--- 1.0.0.rc16/man/dmraid.8.orig	2014-07-18 17:19:26.997757425 +0200
+++ 1.0.0.rc16/man/dmraid.8	2014-07-18 17:23:31.878350532 +0200
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  -f FORMAT-handler
 {-C| --create} set 
  --type raidlevel
- [--size=setsize --strip stridesize] 
+ [--size setsize --str[ide] stridesize] 
  --disk "device-path, device-path [, device-path ...]"
 
 .B dmraid
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@
  {-V/--version}
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-dmraid discovers block and software RAID devices (eg, ATARAID)
+dmraid discovers block and software RAID devices (e.g., ATARAID)
 by using multiple different metadata format handlers which
-support various formats (eg, Highpoint 37x series).
+support various formats (e.g., Highpoint 37x series).
 It offers activating RAID sets made up by 2 or more
 discovered RAID devices, display properties of devices and sets (see option
 .B -l
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 RaidSetName starts with the format name (see
 .B -l
 option) which can be used to access all RAID sets of a specific format
-easily with certain options (eg,
+easily with certain options (e.g.,
 .B -a
 below).
 
@@ -116,14 +116,14 @@
 disables the activation of partitions on them, and
 .B -Z
 will make dmraid tell the kernel to remove the partitions from the disks
-underlying the set, ie if sda is part of the set, remove sda1, sda2, etc.
+underlying the set, i.e. if sda is part of the set, remove sda1, sda2, etc.
 This prevents applications from directly accessiong the disks bypassing dmraid.
 RAID set names given on command line don't need to be fully specified
-(eg, "dmraid -ay sil" would activate all discovered Silicon Image Medley
+(e.g., "dmraid -ay sil" would activate all discovered Silicon Image Medley
 RAID sets). Option 
 .B -u
 defers metadata update in case of rebuild is triggered parallelly with activation.
-Awoids metadata update to "OK" state if volume is not registered to the event
+Avoids metadata update to "OK" state if volume is not registered to the event
 monitoring. 
 Useful if volume is activating at early stage of booting process when registration
 to the event monitoring is impossible.
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
 .TP
 .I [-d|--debug]...
-Enable debugging output. Opion can be given multiple times
+Enable debugging output. Option can be given multiple times
 increasing the debug output level.
 
 .TP
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 .B -l
 for a list of supported format handler names. This is useful to
 select particular formats in case multiple metadata signatures are found
-on a device. A comma seperated list of format names can be specified which 
+on a device. A comma separated list of format names can be specified which 
 may not contain white space.
 
 .TP
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 descriptions. Supported RAID levels are listed in parenthesis:
 .br
 
-S: Span (concatination)
+S: Span (concatenation)
 .br
 0: RAID0 (stripe)
 .br
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 is added to the system. Option
 .B -u
 defers metadata update in case of rebuild is triggered. 
-Awoids metadata update to "OK" state if volume is not registered to the event
+Avoids metadata update to "OK" state if volume is not registered to the event
 monitoring. 
 
 1. Using OROM to identify a new drive
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 Delete one or all existing software RAID devices from the metadata.
 
 .TP
-.I -f FORMAT-handler {-C|--create} --type raidlevel [--size=setsize --strip stripsize] --disk "device-path, device-path [,device-path]"
+.I -f FORMAT-handler {-C|--create} --type raidlevel [--size=setsize --strip stripsize] --disk[s] "device-path, device-path [,device-path]"
 Delete one or all existing Configure a software RAID device  and store the configuration data in a group of hard drive devices consisting of this array. This command requires the following options:
 
 -f FORMAT-handler
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 is added to
 .B -r
 the RAID metadata gets dumped into a subdirectory named dmraid.format_name
-(eg. format_name = isw) in files named devicename.dat.
+(e.g. format_name = isw) in files named devicename.dat.
 The byte offset where the metadata is located on the device is written
 into files named devicename.offset and the size of the device in sectors
 into files named devicename.size.
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 .TP
 .I -s... [a|i] [RAID-set...]
 Display properties of RAID sets. Multiple RAID set names can be given
-on the command line which don't need to be fully specified (eg, "dmraid -s hpt"
+on the command line which don't need to be fully specified (e.g., "dmraid -s hpt"
 would display all discovered Highpoint RAID sets). Enter
 .B -s
 twice to display RAID subsets too.
@@ -386,12 +386,12 @@
 
 .TP
 .I [-v|--verbose]...
-Enable verbose runtime information output. Opion can be given multiple times
+Enable verbose runtime information output. Option can be given multiple times
 increasing the verbosity level.
 
 .SH EXAMPLES
 "dmraid -l" lists all supported metadata formats with their names along with
-some descriptive information, eg:
+some descriptive information, e.g.:
 .br
 hpt37x : (+) Highpoint HPT37X
 .br
@@ -416,13 +416,13 @@
 "dmraid -ay" activates all software RAID sets discovered.
 
 "dmraid -an" deactivates all active software RAID sets which are not open
-(eg, mounted filesystem on them).
+(e.g., mounted filesystem on them).
 
 "dmraid -ay -f pdc" (pdc looked up from "dmraid -l") activates all
 software RAID sets with Promise format discovered and ignores all other
 supported formats.
 
-"dmraid -r" discovers all software RAID devices supported on your system, eg:
+"dmraid -r" discovers all software RAID devices supported on your system, e.g.:
 .br
 /dev/dm-46: hpt45x, "hpt45x_chidjhaiaa-0", striped, ok, 320172928 sectors, data@ 0
 .br
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 
 
 "dmraid -s -s hpt45x_chidjhaiaa" displays properties of
-set "hpt45x_chidjhaiaa", eg:
+set "hpt45x_chidjhaiaa", e.g.:
 .br
 *** Superset
 .br
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
 .br
 
 "dmraid -s -ccs hpt45" displays properties in column format of all sets
-and subsets with hpt45* format, eg:
+and subsets with hpt45* format, e.g.:
 .br
 hpt45x_chidjhaiaa,640345856,128,raid10,ok,4,0
 .br
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
 hpt45x_chidjhaiaa-b,640345856,128,stripe,ok,2,0
 
 "dmraid -r --sep : -cpath:size" display paths and sizes in sectors for
-RAID devices in column format using ':' as a delimiter, eg:
+RAID devices in column format using ':' as a delimiter, e.g.:
 .br
 /dev/dm-8:320173055
 .br