small changes by Soren Larsen
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
index 1a05d47..c749d74 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
\bimodindex{posix}
This module provides access to operating system functionality that is
-standardized by the C Standard and the POSIX standard (a thinly diguised
+standardized by the C Standard and the POSIX standard (a thinly disguised
\UNIX{} interface).
It is available in all Python versions except on the Macintosh;
the MS-DOS version does not support certain functions.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(exception in module posix)}
\begin{excdesc}{error}
-This exception is raised when an POSIX function returns a
+This exception is raised when a POSIX function returns a
POSIX-related error (e.g., not for illegal argument types). Its
string value is \code{'posix.error'}. The accompanying value is a
pair containing the numeric error code from \code{errno} and the
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
\begin{funcdesc}{system}{command}
Execute the command (a string) in a subshell. This is implemented by
calling the Standard C function \code{system()}, and has the same
-limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin} etc. are
+limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin} etc.\ are
not reflected in the environment of the executed command. The return
value is the exit status of the process as returned by Standard C
\code{system()}.
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
operating system. The tuple contains 5 strings:
\code{(\var{sysname}, \var{nodename}, \var{release}, \var{version}, \var{machine})}.
Some systems truncate the nodename to 8
-characters or to the leading component; an better way to get the
+characters or to the leading component; a better way to get the
hostname is \code{socket.gethostname()}. (Not on MS-DOS, nor on older
\UNIX{} systems.)
\end{funcdesc}