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+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi
@@ -1162,8 +1162,7 @@ links, can be created by using the @code{add-name-to-file} function
@item
The file's @acronym{UID}, normally as a string. However, if it does
-not correspond to a named user, the value is an integer or a floating
-point number.
+not correspond to a named user, the value is a number.
@item
The file's @acronym{GID}, likewise.
@@ -1187,8 +1186,8 @@ its owner and group, and other information recorded in the filesystem
for the file, beyond the file's contents.
@item
-The size of the file in bytes. If the size is too large to fit in a
-Lisp integer, this is a floating point number.
+The size of the file in bytes. This is floating point if the size is
+too large to fit in a Lisp integer.
@item
The file's modes, as a string of ten letters or dashes,
@@ -1679,7 +1678,7 @@ specifications.
@defun file-modes-symbolic-to-number modes &optional base-modes
This function converts a symbolic file mode specification in
-@var{modes} into the equivalent integer value. If the symbolic
+@var{modes} into the equivalent integer. If the symbolic
specification is based on an existing file, that file's mode bits are
taken from the optional argument @var{base-modes}; if that argument is
omitted or @code{nil}, it defaults to 0, i.e., no access rights at