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diff --git a/libguile/posix.c b/libguile/posix.c
index ea406aee1..154d26ad9 100644
--- a/libguile/posix.c
+++ b/libguile/posix.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_getgroups, "getgroups", 0, 0, 0,
SCM_DEFINE (scm_setgroups, "setgroups", 1, 0, 0,
(SCM group_vec),
"Set the current set of supplementary group IDs to the integers\n"
- "in the given vector @var{vec}. The return value is\n"
+ "in the given vector @var{group_vec}. The return value is\n"
"unspecified.\n"
"\n"
"Generally only the superuser can set the process group IDs.")
@@ -335,9 +335,10 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_setgroups, "setgroups", 1, 0, 0,
#ifdef HAVE_GETPWENT
SCM_DEFINE (scm_getpwuid, "getpw", 0, 1, 0,
(SCM user),
- "Look up an entry in the user database. @var{obj} can be an integer,\n"
- "a string, or omitted, giving the behaviour of getpwuid, getpwnam\n"
- "or getpwent respectively.")
+ "Look up an entry in the user database. @var{user} can be an\n"
+ "integer, a string, or omitted, giving the behaviour of\n"
+ "@code{getpwuid}, @code{getpwnam} or @code{getpwent}\n"
+ "respectively.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_getpwuid
{
struct passwd *entry;
@@ -404,9 +405,10 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_setpwent, "setpw", 0, 1, 0,
/* Combines getgrgid and getgrnam. */
SCM_DEFINE (scm_getgrgid, "getgr", 0, 1, 0,
(SCM name),
- "Look up an entry in the group database. @var{obj} can be an integer,\n"
- "a string, or omitted, giving the behaviour of getgrgid, getgrnam\n"
- "or getgrent respectively.")
+ "Look up an entry in the group database. @var{name} can be an\n"
+ "integer, a string, or omitted, giving the behaviour of\n"
+ "@code{getgrgid}, @code{getgrnam} or @code{getgrent}\n"
+ "respectively.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_getgrgid
{
struct group *entry;
@@ -698,7 +700,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_waitpid, "waitpid", 1, 1, 0,
"group.\n"
"@item @var{pid} less than -1\n"
"Request status information for any child process whose process group ID\n"
- "is -@var{PID}.\n"
+ "is -@var{pid}.\n"
"@end table\n\n"
"The @var{options} argument, if supplied, should be the bitwise OR of the\n"
"values of zero or more of the following variables:\n\n"
@@ -1122,10 +1124,10 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_tcsetpgrp, "tcsetpgrp", 2, 0, 0,
SCM_DEFINE (scm_execl, "execl", 1, 0, 1,
(SCM filename, SCM args),
- "Executes the file named by @var{path} as a new process image.\n"
+ "Executes the file named by @var{filename} as a new process image.\n"
"The remaining arguments are supplied to the process; from a C program\n"
"they are accessible as the @code{argv} argument to @code{main}.\n"
- "Conventionally the first @var{arg} is the same as @var{path}.\n"
+ "Conventionally the first @var{arg} is the same as @var{filename}.\n"
"All arguments must be strings.\n\n"
"If @var{arg} is missing, @var{path} is executed with a null\n"
"argument list, which may have system-dependent side-effects.\n\n"
@@ -1359,7 +1361,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_utime, "utime", 1, 5, 0,
(SCM pathname, SCM actime, SCM modtime, SCM actimens, SCM modtimens,
SCM flags),
"@code{utime} sets the access and modification times for the\n"
- "file named by @var{path}. If @var{actime} or @var{modtime} is\n"
+ "file named by @var{pathname}. If @var{actime} or @var{modtime} is\n"
"not supplied, then the current time is used. @var{actime} and\n"
"@var{modtime} must be integer time values as returned by the\n"
"@code{current-time} procedure.\n\n"
@@ -1461,14 +1463,14 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_getpid, "getpid", 0, 0, 0,
SCM_DEFINE (scm_putenv, "putenv", 1, 0, 0,
(SCM str),
- "Modifies the environment of the current process, which is\n"
- "also the default environment inherited by child processes.\n\n"
- "If @var{string} is of the form @code{NAME=VALUE} then it will be written\n"
- "directly into the environment, replacing any existing environment string\n"
- "with\n"
- "name matching @code{NAME}. If @var{string} does not contain an equal\n"
- "sign, then any existing string with name matching @var{string} will\n"
- "be removed.\n\n"
+ "Modifies the environment of the current process, which is also\n"
+ "the default environment inherited by child processes. If\n"
+ "@var{str} is of the form @code{NAME=VALUE} then it will be\n"
+ "written directly into the environment, replacing any existing\n"
+ "environment string with name matching @code{NAME}. If\n"
+ "@var{str} does not contain an equal sign, then any existing\n"
+ "string with name matching @var{str} will be removed.\n"
+ "\n"
"The return value is unspecified.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_putenv
{