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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5
index 5ecd190fa2..985f5b6118 100644
--- a/man5/elf.5
+++ b/man5/elf.5
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ Marks end of dynamic section
String table offset to name of a needed library
.TP
.BR DT_PLTRELSZ
-Size in bytes of PLT relocs
+Size in bytes of PLT relocation entries
.TP
.BR DT_PLTGOT
Address of PLT and/or GOT
@@ -1758,13 +1758,13 @@ Address of string table
Address of symbol table
.TP
.BR DT_RELA
-Address of Rela relocs table
+Address of Rela relocation table
.TP
.BR DT_RELASZ
-Size in bytes of Rela table
+Size in bytes of the Rela relocation table
.TP
.BR DT_RELAENT
-Size in bytes of a Rela table entry
+Size in bytes of a Rela relocation table entry
.TP
.BR DT_STRSZ
Size in bytes of string table
@@ -1788,29 +1788,30 @@ String table offset to library search path (deprecated)
Alert linker to search this shared object before the executable for symbols
.TP
.BR DT_REL
-Address of Rel relocs table
+Address of Rel relocation table
.TP
.BR DT_RELSZ
-Size in bytes of Rel table
+Size in bytes of Rel relocation table
.TP
.BR DT_RELENT
Size in bytes of a Rel table entry
.TP
.BR DT_PLTREL
-Type of reloc the PLT refers (Rela or Rel)
+Type of relocation entry to which the PLT refers (Rela or Rel)
.TP
.BR DT_DEBUG
Undefined use for debugging
.TP
.BR DT_TEXTREL
-Absence of this indicates no relocs should apply to a nonwritable segment
+Absence of this entry indicates that no relocation entries should
+apply to a nonwritable segment
.TP
.BR DT_JMPREL
-Address of reloc entries solely for the PLT
+Address of relocation entries associated solely with the PLT
.TP
.BR DT_BIND_NOW
-Instruct dynamic linker to process all relocs before transferring control to
-the executable
+Instruct dynamic linker to process all relocations
+transferring control to the executable
.TP
.BR DT_RUNPATH
String table offset to library search path