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diff --git a/doc/lispref/symbols.texi b/doc/lispref/symbols.texi
index f2ffc20..6148d76 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/symbols.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/symbols.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990-1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1990-1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
 @setfilename ../../info/symbols
 @node Symbols, Evaluation, Hash Tables, Top
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ the contents of a symbol's function cell, use the function
 @code{symbol-function} (@pxref{Function Cells}).
 
   The property list cell normally should hold a correctly formatted
-property list.  To get a symbol's function cell, use the function
+property list.  To get a symbol's property list, use the function
 @code{symbol-plist}.  @xref{Property Lists}.
 
   The function cell or the value cell may be @dfn{void}, which means
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ The argument @var{name} may also be a symbol; in that case,
 the function returns @var{name} if @var{name} is interned
 in the specified obarray, and otherwise @code{nil}.
 
-@smallexample
+@example
 (intern-soft "frazzle")        ; @r{No such symbol exists.}
      @result{} nil
 (make-symbol "frazzle")        ; @r{Create an uninterned one.}
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ in the specified obarray, and otherwise @code{nil}.
 (eq sym 'frazzle)              ; @r{And it is the same one.}
      @result{} t
 @end group
-@end smallexample
+@end example
 @end defun
 
 @defvar obarray
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ This function calls @var{function} once with each symbol in the obarray
 omitted, it defaults to the value of @code{obarray}, the standard
 obarray for ordinary symbols.
 
-@smallexample
+@example
 (setq count 0)
      @result{} 0
 (defun count-syms (s)
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ obarray for ordinary symbols.
      @result{} nil
 count
      @result{} 1871
-@end smallexample
+@end example
 
 See @code{documentation} in @ref{Accessing Documentation}, for another
 example using @code{mapatoms}.
@@ -463,12 +463,12 @@ This function sets @var{symbol}'s property list to @var{plist}.
 Normally, @var{plist} should be a well-formed property list, but this is
 not enforced.  The return value is @var{plist}.
 
-@smallexample
+@example
 (setplist 'foo '(a 1 b (2 3) c nil))
      @result{} (a 1 b (2 3) c nil)
 (symbol-plist 'foo)
      @result{} (a 1 b (2 3) c nil)
-@end smallexample
+@end example
 
 For symbols in special obarrays, which are not used for ordinary
 purposes, it may make sense to use the property list cell in a
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ This function puts @var{value} onto @var{symbol}'s property list under
 the property name @var{property}, replacing any previous property value.
 The @code{put} function returns @var{value}.
 
-@smallexample
+@example
 (put 'fly 'verb 'transitive)
      @result{}'transitive
 (put 'fly 'noun '(a buzzing little bug))
@@ -502,14 +502,14 @@ The @code{put} function returns @var{value}.
      @result{} transitive
 (symbol-plist 'fly)
      @result{} (verb transitive noun (a buzzing little bug))
-@end smallexample
+@end example
 @end defun
 
 @node Other Plists
 @subsection Property Lists Outside Symbols
 
   These functions are useful for manipulating property lists
-that are stored in places other than symbols:
+not stored in symbols:
 
 @defun plist-get plist property
 This returns the value of the @var{property} property stored in the