Docs: Fix various mistakes and typos

Author: Justin Pryzby
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20220411020336[email protected]

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 6e3e27bed76e93a4ff25e62273fa2e8c344b93ea..81cacdcbe40e3e6a07fa5f26f848f1e084d71696 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -5047,7 +5047,7 @@ ANY <replaceable class="parameter">num_sync</replaceable> ( <replaceable class="
       </term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Enables or disables reodering of keys in <literal>GROUP BY</literal>
+        Enables or disables reordering of keys in <literal>GROUP BY</literal>
         clause. The default is <literal>on</literal>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -7657,8 +7657,8 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
      </para>
 
      <para>
-      Each log line is serialized as a JSON object as of the following
-      set of keys with their values.
+      Each log line is serialized as a JSON object with the following
+      set of keys and their associated values.
      </para>
 
      <table>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
index b187506d5e5e8d2766feacf4d76c6c3920bd20b1..f81fdc31f9e311a5fb479c014bc4fe87181db24f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
      <!-- NB: In the code, the autovac launcher doesn't use the auxiliary
           process scaffolding; however it does behave as one so we list it
           here anyway. In addition, logger isn't connected to shared memory so
-          most code outside postmaster.c doesn't even consider them "procs" in
+          most code outside postmaster.c doesn't even consider it a "proc" in
           the first place.
           -->
      the <glossterm linkend="glossary-autovacuum">autovacuum launcher</glossterm>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 2f44113caa54a568e2abc81b8419e2bcfc7c05c6..87b6e5fb5e86b4384ceb935518ebd474ac4a4502 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ postgres   27093  0.0  0.0  30096  2752 ?        Ss   11:34   0:00 postgres: ser
 
   <para>
    Cumulative statistics are collected in shared memory. Every
-   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> process collects statistics locally
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> process collects statistics locally,
    then updates the shared data at appropriate intervals.  When a server,
    including a physical replica, shuts down cleanly, a permanent copy of the
    statistics data is stored in the <filename>pg_stat</filename> subdirectory,

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
index d8dc715587452d8b85d5c73323dbf147129012e5..1901736e600e42a380fabaee9b0e10a184f4f77d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ OPTIONS (ADD password_required 'false');
       <para>
        For a foreign server with this option enabled, if many remote
        (sub)transactions are opened on the foreign server in a local
-       (sub)transaction, this option might increase the remote server’s load
+       (sub)transaction, this option might increase the remote server's load
        when the local (sub)transaction commits, so be careful when using this
        option.
       </para>
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ postgres=# SELECT postgres_fdw_disconnect_all();
         <row>
          <entry><literal>%C</literal></entry>
          <entry>
-          Cluster name in local server
+          Cluster name on local server
           (see <xref linkend="guc-cluster-name"/> for details)
          </entry>
         </row>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
index 255ad3a1ce04b8a1df6133c640eaa6dd8ddc6609..0b32e7ecf99e44e259899cc538376053655aab94 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
         available. This strategy writes a small record to the write-ahead log
         for each tablespace used by the target database. Each such record
         represents copying an entire directory to a new location at the
-        filesystem level. While this does reduce the write-ahed
+        filesystem level. While this does reduce the write-ahead
         log volume substantially, especially if the template database is large,
         it also forces the system to perform a checkpoint both before and
         after the creation of the new database. In some situations, this may
@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@ CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
        <listitem>
         <para>
          The object identifier to be used for the new database. If this
-         parameter is not specified, the database will choose a suitable
-         OID automatically. This parameter is primarily intended for internal
-         use by <application>pg_upgrade</application>, and only
-         <application>pg_upgrade</application> can specify a value less
-         than 16384.
+         parameter is not specified, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
+         will choose a suitable OID automatically. This parameter is primarily
+         intended for internal use by <application>pg_upgrade</application>,
+         and only <application>pg_upgrade</application> can specify a value
+         less than 16384.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
index 659fe2d984d5293752db2999551dd230fa722d1d..1a630f020bd6acaa72edf7111b767aaf5cf03132 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
@@ -541,15 +541,15 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</replaceable> </optional> <replaceable>d
         <firstterm>skipped</firstterm>.
        </para>
        <para>
-        When the <option>--max-tries</option> option is used, the transaction with
-        serialization or deadlock error cannot be retried if the total time of
-        all its tries is greater than <replaceable>limit</replaceable> ms. To
-        limit only the time of tries and not their number, use
-        <literal>--max-tries=0</literal>. By default option
-        <option>--max-tries</option> is set to 1 and transactions with
-        serialization/deadlock errors are not retried. See <xref
-        linkend="failures-and-retries"/> for more information about retrying
-        such transactions.
+        When the <option>--max-tries</option> option is used, a transaction
+        which fails due to a serialization anomaly or from a deadlock will not
+        be retried if the total time of all its tries is greater than
+        <replaceable>limit</replaceable> ms. To limit only the time of tries
+        and not their number, use <literal>--max-tries=0</literal>. By
+        default, the option <option>--max-tries</option> is set to 1 and
+        transactions with serialization/deadlock errors are not retried. See
+        <xref linkend="failures-and-retries"/> for more information about
+        retrying such transactions.
        </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</replaceable> </optional> <replaceable>d
         throttling (<option>-R</option>), the latency is computed with respect
         to the transaction scheduled start time, not the actual transaction
         beginning time, thus it also includes the average schedule lag time.
-        When <option>--max-tries</option> is used to enable transactions retries
+        When <option>--max-tries</option> is used to enable transaction retries
         after serialization/deadlock errors, the report includes the number of
         retried transactions and the sum of all retries.
        </para>
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</replaceable> </optional> <replaceable>d
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Print messages about all errors and failures (errors without retrying)
-        including which limit for retries was violated and how far it was
+        including which limit for retries was exceeded and how far it was
         exceeded for the serialization/deadlock failures. (Note that in this
         case the output can be significantly increased.).
         See <xref linkend="failures-and-retries"/> for more information.
@@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@ END;
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   If <option>--failures-detailed</option> option is used, the type of
+   If the <option>--failures-detailed</option> option is used, the type of
    failure is reported in the <replaceable>time</replaceable> like this:
 <screen>
 3 0 47423 0 1499414498 34501 3
@@ -2773,12 +2773,12 @@ statement latencies in milliseconds, failures and retries:
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Errors of the main program. They are the most serious and always result
-         in an immediate exit from the <application>pgbench</application> with
-         the corresponding error message. They include:
+         in an immediate exit from <application>pgbench</application> with the
+         corresponding error message. They include:
          <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
              <para>
-               errors at the beginning of the <application>pgbench</application>
+               errors at the beginning of <application>pgbench</application>
                (e.g. an invalid option value);
              </para>
            </listitem>
@@ -2790,8 +2790,8 @@ statement latencies in milliseconds, failures and retries:
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
              <para>
-               errors before starting threads (e.g. we could not connect to the
-               database server / the syntax error in the meta command / thread
+               errors before starting threads (e.g. could not connect to the
+               database server, syntax error in the meta command, thread
                creation failure);
              </para>
            </listitem>
@@ -2813,7 +2813,7 @@ statement latencies in milliseconds, failures and retries:
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
-         Direct client errors. They lead to immediate exit from the
+         Direct client errors. They lead to immediate exit from
          <application>pgbench</application> with the corresponding error message
          only in the case of an internal <application>pgbench</application>
          error (which are supposed to never occur...). Otherwise in the worst
@@ -2829,11 +2829,11 @@ statement latencies in milliseconds, failures and retries:
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   Client's run is aborted in case of a serious error, for example, the
-   connection with the database server was lost or the end of script reached
-   without completing the last transaction. In addition, if an execution of SQL
+   A client's run is aborted in case of a serious error; for example, the
+   connection with the database server was lost or the end of script was reached
+   without completing the last transaction. In addition, if execution of an SQL
    or meta command fails for reasons other than serialization or deadlock errors,
-   the client is aborted. Otherwise, if an SQL fails with serialization or
+   the client is aborted. Otherwise, if an SQL command fails with serialization or
    deadlock errors, the client is not aborted. In such cases, the current
    transaction is rolled back, which also includes setting the client variables
    as they were before the run of this transaction (it is assumed that one
@@ -2845,21 +2845,21 @@ statement latencies in milliseconds, failures and retries:
    time of retries (specified by the <option>--latency-limit</option> option) / the end
    of benchmark (specified by the <option>--time</option> option). If
    the last trial run fails, this transaction will be reported as failed but
-   the client is not aborted and continue to work.
+   the client is not aborted and continues to work.
   </para>
 
   <note>
    <para>
-    Without specifying the <option>--max-tries</option> option a transaction will
+    Without specifying the <option>--max-tries</option> option, a transaction will
     never be retried after a serialization or deadlock error because its default
-    values is 1. Use an unlimited number of tries (<literal>--max-tries=0</literal>)
+    value is 1. Use an unlimited number of tries (<literal>--max-tries=0</literal>)
     and the <option>--latency-limit</option> option to limit only the maximum time
     of tries. You can also use the <option>--time</option> option to limit the
     benchmark duration under an unlimited number of tries.
    </para>
    <para>
     Be careful when repeating scripts that contain multiple transactions: the
-    script is always retried completely, so the successful transactions can be
+    script is always retried completely, so successful transactions can be
     performed several times.
    </para>
    <para>
@@ -2879,7 +2879,7 @@ statement latencies in milliseconds, failures and retries:
   <para>
    The main report contains the number of failed transactions. If the
    <option>--max-tries</option> option is not equal to 1, the main report also
-   contains the statistics related to retries: the total number of retried
+   contains statistics related to retries: the total number of retried
    transactions and total number of retries. The per-script report inherits all
    these fields from the main report. The per-statement report displays retry
    statistics only if the <option>--max-tries</option> option is not equal to 1.
@@ -2890,7 +2890,7 @@ statement latencies in milliseconds, failures and retries:
    aggregation logs, as well as in the main and per-script reports, use the
    <option>--failures-detailed</option> option. If you also want to distinguish
    all errors and failures (errors without retrying) by type including which
-   limit for retries was violated and how far it was exceeded for the
+   limit for retries was exceeded and how much it was exceeded by for the
    serialization/deadlock failures, use the <option>--verbose-errors</option>
    option.
   </para>