2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/manual/2html b/manual/2html
index 43fd8913..4a3e5771 100755
--- a/manual/2html
+++ b/manual/2html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Waldemar Celes
 <p>
 <small>
 <a href="http://www.lua.org/copyright.html">Copyright</a>
-&copy; 2023 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.  All rights reserved.
+&copy; 2024 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.  All rights reserved.
 </small>
 <hr>
 
diff --git a/manual/manual.of b/manual/manual.of
index cef3e22a..b68d41c9 100644
--- a/manual/manual.of
+++ b/manual/manual.of
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Whenever there is an error,
 an @def{error object}
 is propagated with information about the error.
 Lua itself only generates errors whose error object is a string,
-but programs may generate errors with
+but programs can generate errors with
 any value as the error object.
 It is up to the Lua program or its host to handle such error objects.
 For historical reasons,
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ even though it does not have to be a string.
 
 
 When you use @Lid{xpcall} (or @Lid{lua_pcall}, in C)
-you may give a @def{message handler}
+you can give a @def{message handler}
 to be called in case of errors.
 This function is called with the original error object
 and returns a new error object.
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ which is then called a @def{metamethod}.
 In the previous example, the key is the string @St{__add}
 and the metamethod is the function that performs the addition.
 Unless stated otherwise,
-a metamethod may in fact be any @x{callable value},
+a metamethod can in fact be any @x{callable value},
 which is either a function or a value with a @idx{__call} metamethod.
 
 You can query the metatable of any value
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ labels in Lua are considered statements too:
 
 A label is visible in the entire block where it is defined,
 except inside nested functions.
-A goto may jump to any visible label as long as it does not
+A goto can jump to any visible label as long as it does not
 enter into the scope of a local variable.
 A label should not be declared
 where a label with the same name is visible,
@@ -4488,7 +4488,7 @@ but can contain other zeros in its body.
 
 This function can raise memory errors only
 when converting a number to a string
-(as then it has to create a new string).
+(as then it may create a new string).
 
 }