# HG changeset patch
# User Ruslan Ermilov <ru@nginx.com>
# Date 1331016888 0
# Node ID 731c71ef051b8606435b1e736285f5f5cafad5c3
# Parent  14411ee4d89f011aea8dde588162a6c0b739a36e
- Applied some of the OpenBSD changes.
- Expanded contractions.
- Fixed some markup.
- Updated URL of official documentation.

diff --git a/docs/man/nginx.8 b/docs/man/nginx.8
--- a/docs/man/nginx.8
+++ b/docs/man/nginx.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"
-.Dd August 10, 2011
+.Dd March 6, 2012
 .Dt NGINX 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -33,25 +33,22 @@
 .Nd "HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl hqtvV?
+.Op Fl ?hqtVv
 .Op Fl c Ar file
 .Op Fl g Ar directives
 .Op Fl p Ar prefix
 .Op Fl s Ar signal
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-The
 .Nm
-(spelled
+(pronounced
 .Dq engine x )
 is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server.
-The
-.Nm
-is known for its high performance, stability, rich feature set, simple
+It is known for its high performance, stability, rich feature set, simple
 configuration, and low resource consumption.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width ".Fl d Ar directives"
-.It Fl ?\& | h
+.It Fl ?\& , h
 Print help.
 .It Fl c Ar file
 Use an alternative configuration
@@ -62,20 +59,20 @@ See
 .Sx EXAMPLES
 for details.
 .It Fl p Ar prefix
-Set prefix path.
-Default value is
+Set the prefix path.
+The default value is
 .Pa %%PREFIX%% .
 .It Fl q
 Suppress non-error messages during configuration testing.
 .It Fl s Ar signal
-Send signal to the master process.
+Send a signal to the master process.
 The argument
 .Ar signal
 can be one of:
 .Cm stop , quit , reopen , reload .
-The following table shows the corresponding system signals.
+The following table shows the corresponding system signals:
 .Pp
-.Bl -tag -width ".It Cm reopen" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width ".Cm reopen" -compact
 .It Cm stop
 .Dv SIGTERM
 .It Cm quit
@@ -86,49 +83,48 @@ The following table shows the correspond
 .Dv SIGHUP
 .El
 .It Fl t
-Don't run, just test the configuration file.
-The
+Do not run, just test the configuration file.
 .Nm
-checks configuration for correct syntax and then tries to open files
-referred in configuration.
+checks the configuration file syntax and then tries to open files
+referenced in the configuration file.
+.It Fl V
+Print the
+.Nm
+version, compiler version, and
+.Pa configure
+script parameters.
 .It Fl v
-Print
+Print the
 .Nm
 version.
-.It Fl V
-Print
-.Nm
-version, compiler version and
-.Pa configure
-script parameters.
 .El
 .Sh SIGNALS
 The master process of
 .Nm
-can handle the following signals.
+can handle the following signals:
 .Pp
-.Bl -tag -width ".It Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM" -compact
 .It Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM
 Shut down quickly.
 .It Dv SIGHUP
 Reload configuration, start the new worker process with a new
-configuration, gracefully shut down old worker processes.
+configuration, and gracefully shut down old worker processes.
 .It Dv SIGQUIT
 Shut down gracefully.
 .It Dv SIGUSR1
 Reopen log files.
 .It Dv SIGUSR2
-Upgrade
+Upgrade the
 .Nm
 executable on the fly.
 .It Dv SIGWINCH
-Shut down gracefully worker processes.
+Shut down worker processes gracefully.
 .El
 .Pp
-While there's no need to explicitly control worker processes normally,
-they support some signals, too:
+While there is no need to explicitly control worker processes normally,
+they support some signals too:
 .Pp
-.Bl -tag -width ".It Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv SIGINT , SIGTERM" -compact
 .It Dv SIGTERM
 Shut down quickly.
 .It Dv SIGQUIT
@@ -150,40 +146,38 @@ level of the
 .Pp
 .Dl "error_log /path/to/log debug;"
 .Pp
-It is also possible to enable the debugging for some IP address:
+It is also possible to enable the debugging for a particular IP address:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 events {
 	debug_connection 127.0.0.1;
 }
 .Ed
 .Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
+.Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Pa %%PID_PATH%%
-Contains the process ID of the
-.Nm
-listening for connections.
-The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
+Contains the process ID of
+.Nm .
+The contents of this file are not sensitive, so it can be world-readable.
 .It Pa %%CONF_PATH%%
-Main configuration file.
+The main configuration file.
 .It Pa %%ERROR_LOG_PATH%%
 Error log file.
 .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 Exit status is 0 on success, or 1 if the command fails.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
-.Bd -literal
-nginx -t -c ~/mynginx.conf -g "pid /var/run/mynginx.pid; worker_processes 2;"
-.Ed
 Test configuration file
 .Pa ~/mynginx.conf
-with global directives for PID and quantity of worker processes.
+with global directives for PID and quantity of worker processes:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+nginx -t -c ~/mynginx.conf \e
+	-g "pid /var/run/mynginx.pid; worker_processes 2;"
+.Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .\"Xr nginx.conf 5
 .\"Pp
 Documentation at
-.Pa http://nginx.org/
-and
-.Pa http://sysoev.ru/nginx/ .
+.Pa http://nginx.org/en/docs/ .
 .Pp
 For questions and technical support, please refer to
 .Pa http://nginx.org/en/support.html .
@@ -193,10 +187,10 @@ Development of
 started in 2002, with the first public release on October 4, 2004.
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An -nosplit
-.An Igor Sysoev Aq igor@sysoev.ru
+.An Igor Sysoev Aq igor@sysoev.ru .
 .Pp
 This manual page was written by
 .An Sergey A. Osokin Aq osa@FreeBSD.org.ru
-as a result of compilation of many
+as a result of compiling many
 .Nm
-documents all over the world.
+documents from all over the world.