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diff --git a/doc/rrdupdate.pod b/doc/rrdupdate.pod
index 394c49c..50a656e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/rrdupdate.pod
+++ b/doc/rrdupdate.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-rrdtool update - Store a new set of values into the rrd
+rrdtool update - Store a new set of values into the RRD
 
 =for html <div align="right"><a href="rrdupdate.pdf">PDF</a> version.</div>
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ performs the same function. The I<v> stands for I<verbose>, which
 describes the output returned. B<updatev> returns a list of any and all
 consolidated data points (CDPs) written to disk as a result of the
 invocation of update. The values are indexed by timestamp (time_t),
-RRA (index number), and data source (name). Note that depending
-on the arguments of the current and previous call to update, the
-list may have no entries or a large number of entries.
+RRA (consolidation function and PDPs per CDP), and data source (name).
+Note that depending on the arguments of the current and previous call to
+update, the list may have no entries or a large number of entries.
 
 =item I<filename>
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ error resistant, as you might be sending the wrong data into a RRD.
 
 The template switch allows you to specify which data sources you are
 going to update and in which order. If the data sources specified in
-the template are not available in the rrd file, the update process
+the template are not available in the RRD file, the update process
 will abort with an error message.
 
 While it appears possible with the template switch to update data sources
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ asynchronously, B<RRDtool> implicitly assigns non-COMPUTE data sources missing
 from the template the I<*UNKNOWN*> value. 
 
 Do not specify a value for a COMPUTE B<DST> in the B<update> function. If
-this is done accidently (and this can only be done using the template switch),
+this is done accidentally (and this can only be done using the template switch),
 B<RRDtool> will ignore the value specified for the COMPUTE B<DST>.
 
 =item B<N>|I<timestamp>B<:>I<value>[B<:>I<value>...]
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ important when you are working with data-sources of type B<COUNTER>,
 B<DERIVE> or B<ABSOLUTE>. 
 
 The remaining elements of the argument are DS updates. The order of this list is
-the same as the order the data sources were defined in the rra.
+the same as the order the data sources were defined in the RRA.
 If there is no data for a certain data-source, the letter 
 B<U> (eg. N:0.1:U:1) can be defined.