--- cvsroot/EV/EV.pm	2007/12/21 05:30:25	1.74
+++ cvsroot/EV/EV.pm	2007/12/22 11:50:04	1.78
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 
 When an error occurs or either the timeout or I/O watcher triggers, then
 the callback will be called with the received event set (in general
-you can expect it to be a combination of C<EV:ERROR>, C<EV::READ>,
+you can expect it to be a combination of C<EV::ERROR>, C<EV::READ>,
 C<EV::WRITE> and C<EV::TIMEOUT>).
 
 EV::once doesn't return anything: the watchers stay active till either
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 
   my $watcher = EV::io *STDIN, EV::READ, sub {
      my ($watcher, $revents) = @_;
-     warn "yeah, STDIN should not be readable without blocking!\n"
+     warn "yeah, STDIN should now be readable without blocking!\n"
   };
 
 All watchers can be active (waiting for events) or inactive (paused). Only
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@
 
 =item $revents = $w->clear_pending
 
-If the watcher is pending, this function returns clears its pending status
-and returns its C<$revents> bitset (as if its callback was invoked). If the
+If the watcher is pending, this function clears its pending status and
+returns its C<$revents> bitset (as if its callback was invoked). If the
 watcher isn't pending it does nothing and returns C<0>.
 
 =item $previous_state = $w->keepalive ($bool)
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 call C<EV::loop> once and when it returns you know that all your jobs are
 finished (or they forgot to register some watchers for their task :).
 
-Sometimes, however, this gets in your way, for example when you the module
+Sometimes, however, this gets in your way, for example when the module
 that calls C<EV::loop> (usually the main program) is not the same module
 as a long-living watcher (for example a DNS client module written by
 somebody else even). Then you might want any outstanding requests to be
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
 
 =item $w = EV::io_ns $fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback
 
-=item $w = $loop->io 8$fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback)
+=item $w = $loop->io ($fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback)
 
 =item $w = $loop->io_ns ($fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback)
 
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@
 
 =item $w = $loop->prepare ($callback)
 
-=item $w = $loop->prepare_ns 8$callback)
+=item $w = $loop->prepare_ns ($callback)
 
 Call the callback just before the process would block. You can still
 create/modify any watchers at this point.
@@ -908,8 +908,8 @@
 
    my $async_check = EV::check sub { };
 
-This ensures that perl shortly gets into control for a short time, and
-also ensures slower overall operation.
+This ensures that perl gets into control for a short time to handle any
+pending signals, and also ensures (slightly) slower overall operation.
 
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