improve wording

git-svn-id: svn://svn.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/trunk/program@1149 a5681a0c-68f1-0310-ab6d-d61299d08faa

diff --git a/doc/rrdtutorial.pod b/doc/rrdtutorial.pod
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--- a/doc/rrdtutorial.pod
+++ b/doc/rrdtutorial.pod
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ rrdtutorial - Alex van den Bogaerdt's RRDtool tutorial
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 

-RRDtool is written by Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch> with
+RRDtool is written by Tobias Oetiker E<lt>tobi@oetiker.chE<gt> with

 contributions from many people all around the world. This document is
 contributions from many people all around the world. This document is

-written by Alex van den Bogaerdt <alex@ergens.op.het.net> to help you
+written by Alex van den Bogaerdt E<lt>alex@ergens.op.het.netE<gt> to help you

 understand what RRDtool is and what it can do for you.
 
 The documentation provided with RRDtool can be too technical for some
 understand what RRDtool is and what it can do for you.
 
 The documentation provided with RRDtool can be too technical for some


@@ -219,16 +219,15 @@ and skip all of the '\' characters.
 
 =head2 What has been created?
 
 
 =head2 What has been created?
 

-We created the round robin database called test (test.rrd) which
-starts at noon the day I started writing this document, 7th of March,
-1999 (this date translates to 920'804'400 seconds as explained
-below). Our database holds one data source (DS) named "speed" that
-represents a counter. This counter is read every five minutes
-(default).  In the same database two round robin archives (RRAs) are
-kept, one averages the data every time it is read (e.g., there's
-nothing to average) and keeps 24 samples (24 times 5 minutes is 2
-hours). The other averages 6 values (half hour) and contains 10
-such averages (e.g., 5 hours).
+We created the round robin database called test (test.rrd) which starts at
+noon the day I started writing this document, 7th of March, 1999 (this date
+translates to 920'804'400 seconds as explained below). Our database holds
+one data source (DS) named "speed" that represents a counter. This counter
+is read every five minutes (this is the default therefore you don't have to
+put C<--step=300>).  In the same database two round robin archives (RRAs)
+are kept, one averages the data every time it is read (e.g., there's nothing
+to average) and keeps 24 samples (24 times 5 minutes is 2 hours). The other
+averages 6 values (half hour) and contains 10 such averages (e.g. 5 hours).

 
 RRDtool works with special time stamps coming from the UNIX world.
 This time stamp is the number of seconds that passed since January
 
 RRDtool works with special time stamps coming from the UNIX world.
 This time stamp is the number of seconds that passed since January


@@ -491,7 +490,7 @@ or ctrl-F5).
 
 =head2 Updates in Reality
 
 
 =head2 Updates in Reality
 

-We've already used the "update" command: it took one or more
+We've already used the C<update> command: it took one or more

 parameters in the form of "<time>:<value>". You'll be glad to know
 that you can specify the current time by filling in a "N" as the time.
 Or you could use the "time" function in Perl (the shortest example in
 parameters in the form of "<time>:<value>". You'll be glad to know
 that you can specify the current time by filling in a "N" as the time.
 Or you could use the "time" function in Perl (the shortest example in