tweak Config texts and some broken English elsewhere

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

6 files changed, 48 insertions, 46 deletions

diff --git a/archival/Config.in b/archival/Config.in
index a983e4433..1ea6f3d16 100644
--- a/archival/Config.in
+++ b/archival/Config.in
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ config AR
           probably say N here.
 
 config FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES
-        bool "Support for long filenames (not need for debs)"
+        bool "Support for long filenames (not needed for debs)"
         default n
         depends on AR
         help
-          By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of
-          the filename, this option removes that limitation.
+          By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters
+          of the filename, this option removes that limitation.
           It supports the GNU ar long filename method which moves multiple long
           filenames into a the data section of a new ar entry.
 
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ config FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
           tar archives using the `-c' option.
 
 config FEATURE_TAR_AUTODETECT
-        bool "Autodetect gz/bz2 compressed tarballs"
+        bool "Autodetect compressed tarballs"
         default n
         depends on FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z || FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ || FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2 || FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
         help
-          With this option tar can automatically detect gzip/bzip2 compressed
+          With this option tar can automatically detect compressed
           tarballs. Currently it works only on files (not pipes etc).
 
 config FEATURE_TAR_FROM
diff --git a/findutils/Config.in b/findutils/Config.in
index d69a2385b..2f0e3c741 100644
--- a/findutils/Config.in
+++ b/findutils/Config.in
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ config FIND
           find is used to search your system to find specified files.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_PRINT0
-        bool "Enable -print0 option"
+        bool "Enable -print0: NUL-separated output"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
-          Causes output names to be separated by a null character
+          Causes output names to be separated by a NUL character
           rather than a newline. This allows names that contain
           newlines and other whitespace to be more easily
           interpreted by other programs.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_MTIME
-        bool "Enable modified time matching (-mtime option)"
+        bool "Enable -mtime: modified time matching"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_MTIME
           files, in days.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_MMIN
-        bool "Enable modified time matching (-mmin option)"
+        bool "Enable -mmin: modified time matching by minutes"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_MMIN
           files, in minutes.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_PERM
-        bool "Enable permissions matching (-perm option)"
+        bool "Enable -perm: permissions matching"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
           Enable searching based on file permissions.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_TYPE
-        bool "Enable filetype matching (-type option)"
+        bool "Enable -type: file type matching (file/dir/link/...)"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
@@ -53,21 +53,21 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_TYPE
           directory, socket, device, etc.).
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_XDEV
-        bool "Enable 'stay in filesystem' option (-xdev)"
+        bool "Enable -xdev: 'stay in filesystem'"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
           This option allows find to restrict searches to a single filesystem.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_MAXDEPTH
-        bool "Enable -maxdepth N option"
+        bool "Enable -maxdepth N"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
           This option enables -maxdepth N option.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_NEWER
-        bool "Enable -newer option for comparing file mtimes"
+        bool "Enable -newer: compare file modification times"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_NEWER
           a modified time that is more recent than the specified FILE.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_INUM
-        bool "Enable inode number matching (-inum option)"
+        bool "Enable -inum: inode number matching"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
           Support the 'find -inum' option for searching by inode number.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_EXEC
-        bool "Enable -exec option allowing execution of commands"
+        bool "Enable -exec: execute commands"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_EXEC
           the files matched.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_USER
-        bool "Enable username/uid matching (-user option)"
+        bool "Enable -user: username/uid matching"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
           Support the 'find -user' option for searching by username or uid.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_GROUP
-        bool "Enable group/gid matching (-group option)"
+        bool "Enable -group: group/gid matching"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_NOT
           the non-POSIX notation '-not'.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_DEPTH
-        bool "Enable the -depth option"
+        bool "Enable -depth"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_PAREN
           Enable usage of parens '(' to specify logical order of arguments.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_SIZE
-        bool "Enable -size option allowing matching for file size"
+        bool "Enable -size: file size matching"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
           Support the 'find -size' option for searching by file size.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_PRUNE
-        bool "Enable -prune option allowing to exclude subdirectories"
+        bool "Enable -prune: exclude subdirectories"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_PRUNE
           exclusion .svn and CVS directories.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_DELETE
-        bool "Enable -delete option allowing to delete files"
+        bool "Enable -delete: delete files/dirs"
         default n
         depends on FIND && FEATURE_FIND_DEPTH
         help
@@ -151,21 +151,21 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_DELETE
           try to protect the user from doing stupid things. Use with care.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_PATH
-        bool "Enable -path option allowing to match pathname patterns"
+        bool "Enable -path: match pathname with shell pattern"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
           The -path option matches whole pathname instead of just filename.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_REGEX
-        bool "Enable -regex: match pathname to regex"
+        bool "Enable -regex: match pathname with regex"
         default y
         depends on FIND
         help
           The -regex option matches whole pathname against regular expression.
 
 config FEATURE_FIND_CONTEXT
-        bool "Enable -context option for matching security context"
+        bool "Enable -context: security context matching"
         default n
         depends on FIND && SELINUX
         help
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ config GREP
           grep is used to search files for a specified pattern.
 
 config FEATURE_GREP_EGREP_ALIAS
-        bool "Support extended regular expressions (egrep & grep -E)"
+        bool "Enable extended regular expressions (egrep & grep -E)"
         default y
         depends on GREP
         help
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ config FEATURE_GREP_FGREP_ALIAS
         help
           fgrep sees the search pattern as a normal string rather than
           regular expressions.
-          grep -F is always builtin, this just creates the fgrep alias.
+          grep -F always works, this just creates the fgrep alias.
 
 config FEATURE_GREP_CONTEXT
         bool "Enable before and after context flags (-A, -B and -C)"
@@ -208,40 +208,39 @@ config XARGS
         bool "xargs"
         default n
         help
-          xargs is used to execute a specified command on
+          xargs is used to execute a specified command for
           every item from standard input.
 
 config FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION
-        bool "Enable prompt and confirmation option -p"
+        bool "Enable -p: prompt and confirmation"
         default n
         depends on XARGS
         help
-          Support prompt the user about whether to run each command
+          Support -p: prompt the user whether to run each command
           line and read a line from the terminal.
 
 config FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES
-        bool "Enable support single and double quotes and backslash"
+        bool "Enable single and double quotes and backslash"
         default n
         depends on XARGS
         help
-          Default xargs unsupport single and double quotes
-          and backslash for can use aruments with spaces.
+          Support quoting in the input.
 
 config FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT
-        bool "Enable support options -x"
+        bool "Enable -x: exit if -s or -n is exceeded"
         default n
         depends on XARGS
         help
-          Enable support exit if the size (see the -s or -n option)
+          Support -x: exit if the command size (see the -s or -n option)
           is exceeded.
 
 config FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
-        bool "Enable null terminated option -0"
+        bool "Enable -0: null terminated input"
         default n
         depends on XARGS
         help
-          Enable input filenames are terminated by a null character
-          instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash
+          Support -0: input items are terminated by a NUL character
+          instead of whitespace, and the quotes and backslash
           are not special.
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/libbb/Config.in b/libbb/Config.in
index 7ced387a9..a572775c9 100644
--- a/libbb/Config.in
+++ b/libbb/Config.in
@@ -163,4 +163,5 @@ config FEATURE_HWIB
         help
           Support for printing infiniband addresses in
           network applets.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/libbb/inet_common.c b/libbb/inet_common.c
index fa4d8672f..0fc08d69d 100644
--- a/libbb/inet_common.c
+++ b/libbb/inet_common.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ char* FAST_FUNC INET6_rresolve(struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6, int numeric)
 
         if (sin6->sin6_family != AF_INET6) {
 #ifdef DEBUG
-                bb_error_msg("rresolve: unsupport address family %d!",
+                bb_error_msg("rresolve: unsupported address family %d!",
                                   sin6->sin6_family);
 #endif
                 errno = EAFNOSUPPORT;
diff --git a/modutils/Config.in b/modutils/Config.in
index ef8d9692a..d2a2e04d1 100644
--- a/modutils/Config.in
+++ b/modutils/Config.in
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ config MODPROBE
           level.
 
 config FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST
-        bool
-        prompt "Blacklist support"
+        bool "Blacklist support"
         default n
         depends on MODPROBE
         help
diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index 6e3ed0fad..861d96346 100644
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ config FEATURE_UNIX_LOCAL
         default n
         help
           Enable Unix domain socket support in all busybox networking
-          applets.
+          applets.  Address of the form local:/path/to/unix/socket
+          will be recognized.
+
+          This extension is almost never used in real world usage.
+          You most likely want to say N.
 
 config FEATURE_PREFER_IPV4_ADDRESS
         bool "Prefer IPv4 addresses from DNS queries"
@@ -833,15 +837,14 @@ config TFTP_DEBUG
         default n
         depends on TFTP || TFTPD
         help
-          Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running
-          into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when
-          you run into problems.
+          Make tftp[d] print debugging messages on stderr.
+          This is useful if you are diagnosing a bug in tftp[d].
 
 config TRACEROUTE
         bool "traceroute"
         default n
         help
-          Utility to trace the route of IP packets
+          Utility to trace the route of IP packets.
 
 config FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
         bool "Enable verbose output"