Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwit...@gmail.com>
---
doc/make.texi | 6 +++---
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
index 13cecbd..efc28f7 100644
--- a/doc/make.texi
+++ b/doc/make.texi
@@ -5183,7 +5183,7 @@ sets @samp{bar} to @samp{a.c b.c c.c}.
@cindex dollar sign (@code{$}), in variable name
Computed variable names are a complicated concept needed only for
-sophisticated makefile programming. For most purposes you need not
+sophisticated makefile programming. For most purposes, you need not
consider them, except to know that making a variable with a dollar sign
in its name might have strange results. However, if you are the type
that wants to understand everything, or you are actually interested in
@@ -5202,7 +5202,7 @@ a := $($(x))
@noindent
defines @code{a} as @samp{z}: the @samp{$(x)} inside @samp{$($(x))} expands
to @samp{y}, so @samp{$($(x))} expands to @samp{$(y)} which in turn expands
-to @samp{z}. Here the name of the variable to reference is not stated
+to @samp{z}. Here, the name of the variable to reference is not stated
explicitly; it is computed by expansion of @samp{$(x)}. The reference
@samp{$(x)} here is nested within the outer variable reference.
@@ -5217,7 +5217,7 @@ a := $($($(x)))
@end example
@noindent
-Here the innermost @samp{$(x)} expands to @samp{y}, so @samp{$($(x))}
+Here, the innermost @samp{$(x)} expands to @samp{y}, so @samp{$($(x))}
expands to @samp{$(y)} which in turn expands to @samp{z}; now we have
@samp{$(z)}, which becomes @samp{u}.
--
1.7.4.18.g68fe8
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