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diff --git a/doc/regexprops-generic.texi b/doc/regexprops-generic.texi
index 269bd45b4..d5ed07c39 100644
--- a/doc/regexprops-generic.texi
+++ b/doc/regexprops-generic.texi
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
+@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
+@c
 @c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
 @c any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
 @c Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
 @c Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the ``GNU Free
 @c Documentation License'' file as part of this distribution.
 
+@c this regular expression description is for: generic
+
 @menu
 * awk regular expression syntax::
 * egrep regular expression syntax::
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ The character @samp{$} only represents the end of a string when it appears:
 
 @item At the end of a regular expression
 
-@item Before an close-group, signified by
+@item Before a close-group, signified by
 @samp{\)}
 @item Before the alternation operator @samp{\|}
 
@@ -283,7 +285,7 @@ The character @samp{$} only represents the end of a string when it appears:
 
 @item At the end of a regular expression
 
-@item Before an close-group, signified by
+@item Before a close-group, signified by
 @samp{\)}
 @item Before the alternation operator @samp{\|}
 
@@ -441,7 +443,7 @@ The character @samp{$} only represents the end of a string when it appears:
 
 @item At the end of a regular expression
 
-@item Before an close-group, signified by
+@item Before a close-group, signified by
 @samp{\)}
 @item Before a newline
 
@@ -499,7 +501,7 @@ The alternation operator is @samp{|}.
 
 The characters @samp{^} and @samp{$} always represent the beginning and end of a string respectively, except within square brackets.  Within brackets, @samp{^} can be used to invert the membership of the character class being specified.
 
-@samp{*}, @samp{+} and @samp{?} are special at any point in a regular expression except the following places, where they are illegal:
+@samp{*}, @samp{+} and @samp{?} are special at any point in a regular expression except the following places, where they are not allowed:
 @enumerate
 
 @item At the beginning of a regular expression
@@ -626,7 +628,7 @@ The alternation operator is @samp{|}.
 
 The characters @samp{^} and @samp{$} always represent the beginning and end of a string respectively, except within square brackets.  Within brackets, @samp{^} can be used to invert the membership of the character class being specified.
 
-@samp{*}, @samp{+} and @samp{?} are special at any point in a regular expression except the following places, where they are illegal:
+@samp{*}, @samp{+} and @samp{?} are special at any point in a regular expression except the following places, where they are not allowed:
 @enumerate
 
 @item At the beginning of a regular expression
@@ -696,7 +698,7 @@ The character @samp{$} only represents the end of a string when it appears:
 
 @item At the end of a regular expression
 
-@item Before an close-group, signified by
+@item Before a close-group, signified by
 @samp{\)}
 @end enumerate
 
@@ -710,4 +712,4 @@ The longest possible match is returned; this applies to the regular expression a
 
 @node sed regular expression syntax
 @subsection @samp{sed} regular expression syntax
-This is a synonym for ed.
+This is a synonym for ed.
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