tweak help texts

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/debianutils/run_parts.c b/debianutils/run_parts.c
index 8f08f6dc6..005b30420 100644
--- a/debianutils/run_parts.c
+++ b/debianutils/run_parts.c
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Bernhard Reutner-Fischer
  *
- * Based on a older version that was in busybox which was 1k big..
+ * Based on a older version that was in busybox which was 1k big.
  *   Copyright (C) 2001 by Emanuele Aina <emanuele.aina@tiscali.it>
  *
  * Based on the Debian run-parts program, version 1.15
  *   Copyright (C) 1996 Jeff Noxon <jeff@router.patch.net>,
  *   Copyright (C) 1996-1999 Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
  *
- *
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
  */
 
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
  * attempt to write a program! :-) . */
 
 /* This piece of code is heavily based on the original version of run-parts,
- * taken from debian-utils. I've only removed the long options and a the
+ * taken from debian-utils. I've only removed the long options and the
  * report mode. As the original run-parts support only long options, I've
  * broken compatibility because the BusyBox policy doesn't allow them.
  * The supported options are:
@@ -31,15 +30,15 @@
  */
 
 //usage:#define run_parts_trivial_usage
-//usage:       "[-t] "IF_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("[-l] ")"[-a ARG] [-u MASK] DIRECTORY"
+//usage:       "[-t"IF_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY("l")"] [-a ARG]... [-u MASK] DIRECTORY"
 //usage:#define run_parts_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "Run a bunch of scripts in DIRECTORY\n"
-//usage:     "\n        -t      Print what would be run, but don't actually run anything"
-//usage:     "\n        -a ARG  Pass ARG as argument for every program"
-//usage:     "\n        -u MASK Set the umask to MASK before running every program"
+//usage:     "\n        -t      Dry run"
 //usage:        IF_FEATURE_RUN_PARTS_FANCY(
-//usage:     "\n        -l      Print names of all matching files even if they are not executable"
+//usage:     "\n        -l      Print names of matching files even if they are not executable"
 //usage:        )
+//usage:     "\n        -a ARG  Pass ARG as argument to programs"
+//usage:     "\n        -u MASK Set umask to MASK before running programs"
 //usage:
 //usage:#define run_parts_example_usage
 //usage:       "$ run-parts -a start /etc/init.d\n"
diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 652aaf573..42d8e17c6 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 //usage:       "        -e CMD  Add CMD to sed commands to be executed"
 //usage:     "\n        -f FILE Add FILE contents to sed commands to be executed"
 //usage:     "\n        -i[SFX] Edit files in-place (otherwise sends to stdout)"
-//usage:     "\n                Optionally backs files up, appending SFX"
+//usage:     "\n                Optionally back files up, appending SFX"
 //usage:     "\n        -n      Suppress automatic printing of pattern space"
 //usage:     "\n        -r      Use extended regex syntax"
 //usage:     "\n"