[Quilt-dev] [patch 21/26] Wordsmith Options section.

[g . branden . robinson]

* Make tagged paragraphs readable as paragraphs (try it aloud).
* Don't introduce a metavariable without explaining it or using it in
  context.

Index: quilt/doc/quilt.1.in
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--- quilt.orig/doc/quilt.1.in
+++ quilt/doc/quilt.1.in
@@ -174,31 +174,32 @@ These options are common to all
 commands.
 .TP
 .B \\-h
-Print a usage message (for the given
+prints a usage message (for the given
 .IR command ,
 if one is specified, otherwise for
 .I quilt
 itself) and exit.
 .TP
 .BI "\\-\\-quiltrc " file
-Use the specified configuration file instead of
+uses
+.I file
+as the specified configuration file instead of
 .I \\[ti]/.quiltrc
 (or
 .I /etc/quilt.quiltrc
 if
 .I \\[ti]/.quiltrc
 does not exist).
-See the PDF documentation for details about its possible contents.
 The special value \\[lq]\\-\\[rq] causes
 .I quilt
 not to read any configuration file.
 .TP
 .B \\-\\-trace
-Runs the command in bash trace mode (\\-x).
-For internal debugging.
+runs the command in the shell's trace mode (\\-x) for debugging of
+internal operations.
 .TP
 .B \\-\\-version
-Print the version number and exit immediately.
+prints the version number and exits.
 .SH "EXIT STATUS"
 The exit status is 0 if the sub-command was successfully executed, and
 1 in case of error.