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diff --git a/man/radeon.man b/man/radeon.man
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@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ radeon \- ATI RADEON video driver
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B radeon
-is an __xservername__ driver for ATI RADEON based video cards with the
+is an __xservername__ driver for ATI RADEON-based video cards with the
 following features:
 .PP
 .PD 0
 .TP 2
 \(bu
-Full support for 8, 15, 16 and 24 bit pixel depths;
+Full support for 8-, 15-, 16- and 24-bit pixel depths;
 .TP
 \(bu
 RandR 1.2 and RandR 1.3 support;
@@ -228,13 +228,14 @@ The default value is
 .B 0x1E.
 .TP
 .BI "Option \*qScalerWidth\*q \*q" integer \*q
-This sets the overlay scaler buffer width. Accepted values range from 1024 to
-2048, divisible by 64, values other than 1536 and 1920 may not make sense
-though. Should be set automatically, but noone has a clue what the limit is
-for which chip. If you think quality is not optimal when playing back HD video
-(with horizontal resolution larger than this setting), increase this value, if
-you get an empty area at the right (usually pink), decrease it. Note this only
-affects the "true" overlay via xv, it won't affect things like textured video.
+This sets the overlay scaler buffer width. Accepted values range from
+1024 to 2048, divisible by 64.  Values other than 1536 and 1920 may
+not make sense.  This should be set automatically, but no one knows
+what the limit is for which chip. If you think quality is not optimal
+when playing back HD video (with horizontal resolution larger than
+this setting), increase this value.  If you get an empty area at the
+right (usually pink), decrease it. Note that this only affects the "true"
+overlay via Xv, and won't affect things like textured video.
 .br
 The default value is either 1536 (for most chips) or 1920.
 .TP
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ The default is
 .BI "Option \*qBusType\*q \*q" string \*q
 Used to replace previous ForcePCIMode option.
 Should only be used when driver's bus detection is incorrect
-or you want to force a AGP card to PCI mode. Should NEVER force
+or you want to force a AGP card to PCI mode. You should NEVER force
 a PCI card to AGP bus.
 .br
 PCI    \-\- PCI bus
@@ -298,12 +299,12 @@ The default value is
 .B AUTO.
 .TP
 .BI "Option \*qColorTiling\*q \*q" "boolean" \*q
-Frame buffer can be addressed either in linear or tiled mode. Tiled mode can provide
-significant performance benefits with 3D applications, for 2D it shouldn't matter
+The framebuffer can be addressed either in linear or tiled mode. Tiled mode can provide
+significant performance benefits with 3D applications.  For 2D it shouldn't matter
 much. Tiling will be disabled if the virtual x resolution exceeds 2048 (3968 for R300 
-and above), or if DRI is enabled the drm module is too old.
+and above), or if DRI is enabled and the drm module is too old.
 .br
-If this option is enabled, a new dri driver is required for direct rendering too.
+If this option is enabled, a new DRI driver is required for direct rendering.
 .br
 Color tiling will be automatically disabled in interlaced or doublescan screen modes.
 .br
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ The default value is
 .B on.
 .TP 
 .BI "Option \*qIgnoreEDID\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-Do not use EDID data for mode validation, but DDC is still used
+Do not use EDID data for mode validation.  DDC is still used
 for monitor detection. This is different from NoDDC option.
 .br
 The default value is
@@ -321,11 +322,11 @@ The default value is
 Forces the X driver to use the EDID data specified in a file rather
 than the display's EDID. Also overrides DDC monitor detection.
 .br
-You may specify a semicolon separated list of output name and filename pairs
+You may specify a semicolon-separated list of output name and filename pairs
 with an optional flag, "digital" or "analog", to override the digital bit in
-the edid which is used by the driver to determine whether to use the
+the EDID which is used by the driver to determine whether to use the
 analog or digital encoder associated with a DVI-I port.
-The output name is the randr output name, e.g., "VGA-0" or "DVI-0";
+The output name is the RandR output name, e.g., "VGA-0" or "DVI-0";
 consult the Xorg log for the supported output names of any given system.
 .br
 The file must contain a raw 128-byte EDID block, as captured by
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ parameter may be specified as a float value with standard suffixes like
 .BI "Option \*qRenderAccel\*q \*q" boolean \*q
 Enables or disables hardware Render acceleration.  It is supported on all
 Radeon cards when using EXA acceleration and on Radeon R/RV/RS1xx,
-R/RV/RS2xx and RS3xx when usig XAA.  The default is to
+R/RV/RS2xx and RS3xx when using XAA.  The default is to
 .B enable
 Render acceleration.
 .TP
@@ -486,16 +487,16 @@ on PowerPC and SPARC and
 on other architectures.
 .TP
 .BI "Option \*qReverseDDC\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-When BIOS connector informations aren't available, use this option to
-reverse the mapping of the 2 main DDC ports. Use this if the X server
+When BIOS connector information isn't available, use this option to
+reverse the mapping of the two main DDC ports. Use this if the X server
 obviously detects the wrong display for each connector. This is
 typically needed on the Radeon 9600 cards bundled with Apple G5s. The
 default is
 .B off.
 .TP
 .BI "Option \*qLVDSProbePLL\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-When BIOS panel informations aren't available (like on PowerBooks), it
-may still be necessary to use the firmware provided PLL values for the
+When BIOS panel information isn't available (like on PowerBooks), it
+may still be necessary to use the firmware-provided PLL values for the
 panel or flickering will happen. This option will force probing of
 the current value programmed in the chip when X is launched in that
 case.  This is only useful for LVDS panels (laptop internal panels).
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ The default is
 .TP
 .BI "Option \*qDefaultTMDSPLL\*q \*q" boolean \*q
 Use the default driver provided TMDS PLL values rather than the ones
-provided by the bios. This option has no effect on Mac cards.  Enable
+provided by the BIOS. This option has no effect on Mac cards.  Enable
 this option if you are having problems with a DVI monitor using the
 internal TMDS controller.
 The default is
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ The default is
 .TP
 .BI "Option \*qDefaultTVDACAdj\*q \*q" boolean \*q
 Use the default driver provided TVDAC Adj values rather than the ones
-provided by the bios. This option has no effect on Mac cards.  Enable
+provided by the BIOS. This option has no effect on Mac cards.  Enable
 this option if you are having problems with a washed out display on
 the secondary DAC.
 The default is
@@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ The default is
 .BI "Option \*qMacModel\*q \*q" string \*q
 .br
 Used to specify Mac models for connector tables and quirks.  If you have
-a powerbook or mini with DVI that does not work properly, try the alternate
+a PowerBook or Mini with DVI that does not work properly, try the alternate
 options as Apple does not seem to provide a good way of knowing whether
 they use internal or external TMDS for DVI.  Only valid on PowerPC.
 On Linux, the driver will attempt to detect the MacModel automatically.
@@ -569,7 +570,7 @@ The default value is
 .BI "Option \*qTVStandard\*q \*q" string \*q
 .br
 Used to specify the default TV standard if you want to use something other than
-the bios default. Valid options are:
+the BIOS default. Valid options are:
 .br
 ntsc
 .br
@@ -598,7 +599,7 @@ The default is
 .B on. 
 .TP
 .BI "Option \*qInt10\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This option allows you to disable int10 initialization.  Set this to
+This option allows you to disable INT10 initialization.  Set this to
 False if you are experiencing a hang when initializing a secondary card.
 The default is
 .B on.
@@ -606,32 +607,32 @@ The default is
 .BI "Option \*qEXAVSync\*q \*q" boolean \*q
 This option attempts to avoid tearing by stalling the engine until the display
 controller has passed the destination region.  It reduces tearing at the cost
-of performance and has been know to cause instability on some chips.
+of performance and has been known to cause instability on some chips.
 The default is
 .B off.
 .TP 
 .BI "Option \*qATOMTvOut\*q \*q" boolean \*q
 This option enables experimental TV-out support for R/RV5xx, R/RV6xx, and R/RV7xx
-atombios chips. TV-out is experimental and may not function on these chips as
+AtomBIOS chips. TV-out is experimental and may not function on these chips as
 well as hoped for.
 The default is
 .B off.
 .TP 
 .BI "Option \*qR4xxATOM\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-This option enables modesetting on R/RV4xx chips using atombios.
+This option enables modesetting on R/RV4xx chips using AtomBIOS.
 The default is
 .B off.
 .TP 
 .BI "Option \*qEXAPixmaps\*q \*q" boolean \*q
-(KMS Only) Under kernel modesetting to avoid thrashing pixmaps in/out
-of VRAM on low memory cards, we use a heuristic based on VRAM amount,
+(KMS Only) Under kernel modesetting, to avoid thrashing pixmaps in/out
+of VRAM on low memory cards, we use a heuristic based on VRAM amount
 to determine whether to allow EXA to use VRAM for non-essential pixmaps.
-This option allows us to override the heurisitc.
+This option allows us to override the heuristic.
 The default is
 .B on with > 32MB VRAM, off with < 32MB.
 .TP
 .BI "Option \*qZaphodHeads\*q \*q" string \*q
-Specify the randr output(s) to use with zaphod mode for a particular driver
+Specify the RandR output(s) to use with zaphod mode for a particular driver
 instance.  If you use this option you most use this option for all instances
 of the driver.
 .br