review of new/changed translatable program strings

Reference mail:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-english/2015/11/msg00006.html

6 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/cmdline/apt-cache.cc b/cmdline/apt-cache.cc
index dd1488568..b70e1db38 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-cache.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-cache.cc
@@ -1209,10 +1209,10 @@ bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &)						/*{{{*/
       "       apt-cache [options] show pkg1 [pkg2 ...]\n"
       "\n"
       "apt-cache queries and displays available information about installed\n"
-      "as well as installable packages. It works exclusively on the data\n"
-      "acquired via the 'update' command of e.g. apt-get to the local cache.\n"
-      "The displayed information can therefore be outdated if the last update\n"
-      "is too long ago, but in exchange apt-cache works independently of the\n"
+      "and installable packages. It works exclusively on the data acquired\n"
+      "into the local cache via the 'update' command of e.g. apt-get. The\n"
+      "displayed information may therefore be outdated if the last update was\n"
+      "too long ago, but in exchange apt-cache works independently of the\n"
       "availability of the configured sources (e.g. offline).\n");
    return true;
 }
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-config.cc b/cmdline/apt-config.cc
index 8442161d3..c364b8cdf 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-config.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-config.cc
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &)						/*{{{*/
       _("Usage: apt-config [options] command\n"
       "\n"
       "apt-config is an interface to the configuration settings used by\n"
-      "all APT tools to be used mainly in debugging and shell scripting.\n");
+      "all APT tools, mainly intended for debugging and shell scripting.\n");
    return true;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-helper.cc b/cmdline/apt-helper.cc
index 1c67594b9..176a67e03 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-helper.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-helper.cc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &)						/*{{{*/
 	    "       apt-helper [options] download-file uri target-path\n"
 	    "\n"
 	    "apt-helper bundles a variety of commands for shell scripts to use\n"
-	    "e.g. the same proxy configuration or acquire system as APT would do.\n");
+	    "e.g. the same proxy configuration or acquire system as APT would.\n");
    return true;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-internal-solver.cc b/cmdline/apt-internal-solver.cc
index 929fd6e27..ae90c1655 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-internal-solver.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-internal-solver.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &)						/*{{{*/
 		_("Usage: apt-internal-solver\n"
 		"\n"
 		"apt-internal-solver is an interface to use the current internal\n"
-		"like an external resolver for the APT family for debugging or alike.\n");
+		"resolver for the APT family like an external one, for debugging or\n"
+		"the like.\n");
 	return true;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-mark.cc b/cmdline/apt-mark.cc
index 66adfd268..132bd7ef6 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-mark.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-mark.cc
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &)						/*{{{*/
     _("Usage: apt-mark [options] {auto|manual} pkg1 [pkg2 ...]\n"
       "\n"
       "apt-mark is a simple command line interface for marking packages\n"
-      "as manually or automatically installed. It is also possible to\n"
-      "manipulate the dpkg(1) selection states of packages with it.\n"
-      "It can also list all packages with or without a certain marking.\n");
+      "as manually or automatically installed. It can also be used to\n"
+      "manipulate the dpkg(1) selection states of packages, and to list\n"
+      "all packages with or without a certain marking.\n");
    return true;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-sortpkgs.cc b/cmdline/apt-sortpkgs.cc
index 5057ac626..a4707a974 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-sortpkgs.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-sortpkgs.cc
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &)						/*{{{*/
     _("Usage: apt-sortpkgs [options] file1 [file2 ...]\n"
       "\n"
       "apt-sortpkgs is a simple tool to sort package information files.\n"
-      "It sorts by default by binary package information, but the -s option\n"
+      "By default it sorts by binary package information, but the -s option\n"
       "can be used to switch to source package ordering instead.\n");
    return true;
 }