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@@ -1305,7 +1305,8 @@ that produces the same output twice in a row may send it as one batch of
 200 characters one time, and five batches of 40 characters the next.  If
 the filter looks for certain text strings in the subprocess output, make
 sure to handle the case where one of these strings is split across two
-or more batches of output.
+or more batches of output; one way to do this is to insert the
+received text into a temporary buffer, which can then be searched.
 
 @defun set-process-filter process filter
 This function gives @var{process} the filter function @var{filter}.  If
@@ -1388,7 +1389,10 @@ converts the unibyte output to multibyte using
 system to use (@pxref{Process Information}).  Otherwise, the coding
 system comes from @code{coding-system-for-read}, if that is
 non-@code{nil}; or else from the defaulting mechanism (@pxref{Default
-Coding Systems}).
+Coding Systems}).  If the text output by a process contains null
+bytes, Emacs by default uses @code{no-conversion} for it; see
+@ref{Lisp and Coding Systems, inhibit-null-byte-detection}, for how to
+control this behavior.
 
   @strong{Warning:} Coding systems such as @code{undecided} which
 determine the coding system from the data do not work entirely
@@ -1641,7 +1645,7 @@ from all the other processes running on the same machine at the same
 time.
 @end defun
 
-@defun system-process-attributes pid
+@defun process-attributes pid
 This function returns an alist of attributes for the process specified
 by its process ID @var{pid}.  Each association in the alist is of the
 form @code{(@var{key} . @var{value})}, where @var{key} designates the
@@ -2506,8 +2510,8 @@ most common value.  If @var{speed} is @code{nil}, the function ignores
 all other arguments and does not configure the port.  This may be
 useful for special serial ports such as Bluetooth-to-serial converters
 which can only be configured through AT commands sent through the
-connection.  You can use the value of @code{nil} for @var{speed} only
-for connections that are already open by a previous call to
+connection.  The value of @code{nil} for @var{speed} is valid only for
+connections that were already opened by a previous call to
 @code{make-serial-process} or @code{serial-term}.
 
 @item :bytesize @var{bytesize}