4 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
index b8b055c02ce..a0e7173998b 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ the normal Gnus MIME machinery."
 (defvar gnus-thread-indent-array nil)
 (defvar gnus-thread-indent-array-level gnus-thread-indent-level)
 (defvar gnus-sort-gathered-threads-function #'gnus-thread-sort-by-number
-  "Function called to sort the articles within a thread after it has been gathered together.")
+  "Function to sort articles within a thread after it has been gathered together.")
 
 (defvar gnus-summary-save-parts-type-history nil)
 (defvar gnus-summary-save-parts-last-directory mm-default-directory)
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ the type of the variable (string, integer, character, etc).")
   "Default shell command on article.")
 
 (defvar gnus-newsgroup-agentized nil
-  "Locally bound in each summary buffer to indicate whether the server has been agentized.")
+  "Locally bound in each summary buffer to indicate if server has been agentized.")
 (defvar gnus-newsgroup-begin nil)
 (defvar gnus-newsgroup-end nil)
 (defvar gnus-newsgroup-last-rmail nil)
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ the type of the variable (string, integer, character, etc).")
 (defvar gnus-newsgroup-expunged-tally nil)
 
 (defvar gnus-newsgroup-marked nil
-  "Sorted list of ticked articles in the current newsgroup (a subset of unread art).")
+  "Sorted list of ticked articles in current newsgroup (a subset of unread art).")
 
 (defvar gnus-newsgroup-spam-marked nil
   "List of ranges of articles that have been marked as spam.")
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/message.el b/lisp/gnus/message.el
index cf4020c874c..86800f28cc4 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/message.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/message.el
@@ -1200,7 +1200,8 @@ use in `gnus-posting-styles', such as:
     (message-yank-cited-prefix  ">")
     (message-yank-empty-prefix  ">")
     (message-citation-line-format "On %D %R %p, %N wrote:"))
-  "Message citation style used by Mozilla Thunderbird.  Use with `message-cite-style'.")
+  "Message citation style used by Mozilla Thunderbird.
+Use with `message-cite-style'.")
 
 (defconst message-cite-style-gmail
   '((message-cite-function  'message-cite-original)
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnmh.el b/lisp/gnus/nnmh.el
index 581a408009d..5584dad45f1 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnmh.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnmh.el
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   "Hook run narrowed to an article before saving.")
 
 (defvoo nnmh-be-safe nil
-  "If non-nil, nnmh will check all articles to make sure whether they are new or not.
+  "If non-nil, nnmh will check all articles to make sure if they are new or not.
 Go through the .nnmh-articles file and compare with the actual
 articles in this folder.  The articles that are \"new\" will be marked
 as unread by Gnus.")
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nntp.el b/lisp/gnus/nntp.el
index a5c82447926..887dce3472f 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nntp.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nntp.el
@@ -1751,7 +1751,8 @@ If SEND-IF-FORCE, only send authinfo to the server if the
 ;; ==========================================================================
 
 (defvoo nntp-open-telnet-envuser nil
-  "If non-nil, telnet session (client and server both) will support the ENVIRON option and not prompt for login name.")
+  "If non-nil, telnet session supports the ENVIRON option.
+Don't prompt for login name.  This applies to both client and server.")
 
 (defvoo nntp-telnet-shell-prompt "bash\\|[$>] *\r?$"
   "Regular expression to match the shell prompt on the remote machine.")