25 files changed, 116 insertions, 112 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el b/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
index c51766d168a..25ae20702a3 100644
--- a/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/ange-ftp.el
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 ;;
 ;; 1. For dired to work on a host which marks symlinks with a trailing @ in
 ;;    an ls -alF listing, you need to (setq dired-ls-F-marks-symlinks t).
-;;    Most UNIX systems do not do this, but ULTRIX does. If you think that
+;;    Most UNIX systems do not do this, but ULTRIX does.  If you think that
 ;;    there is a chance you might connect to an ULTRIX machine (such as
 ;;    prep.ai.mit.edu), then set this variable accordingly.  This will have
 ;;    the side effect that dired will have problems with symlinks whose names
@@ -241,34 +241,34 @@
 ;;    frequently, and ange-ftp seems to be unable to guess its host-type,
 ;;    then setting the appropriate host-type regexp
 ;;    (ange-ftp-vms-host-regexp, ange-ftp-mts-host-regexp, or
-;;    ange-ftp-cms-host-regexp) accordingly should help. Also, please report
+;;    ange-ftp-cms-host-regexp) accordingly should help.  Also, please report
 ;;    ange-ftp's inability to recognize the host-type as a bug.
 ;;
 ;; 3. For slow connections, you might get "listing unreadable" error
 ;;    messages, or get an empty buffer for a file that you know has something
-;;    in it. The solution is to increase the value of ange-ftp-retry-time.
+;;    in it.  The solution is to increase the value of ange-ftp-retry-time.
 ;;    Its default value is 5 which is plenty for reasonable connections.
 ;;    However, for some transatlantic connections I set this to 20.
 ;;
-;; 4. Beware of compressing files on non-UNIX hosts. Ange-ftp will do it by
+;; 4. Beware of compressing files on non-UNIX hosts.  Ange-ftp will do it by
 ;;    copying the file to the local machine, compressing it there, and then
-;;    sending it back. Binary file transfers between machines of different
-;;    architectures can be a risky business. Test things out first on some
-;;    test files. See "Bugs" below. Also, note that ange-ftp copies files by
-;;    moving them through the local machine. Again, be careful when doing
+;;    sending it back.  Binary file transfers between machines of different
+;;    architectures can be a risky business.  Test things out first on some
+;;    test files.  See "Bugs" below.  Also, note that ange-ftp copies files by
+;;    moving them through the local machine.  Again, be careful when doing
 ;;    this with binary files on non-Unix machines.
 ;;
 ;; 5. Beware that dired over ftp will use your setting of dired-no-confirm
 ;;    (list of dired commands for which confirmation is not asked).  You
 ;;    might want to reconsider your setting of this variable, because you
 ;;    might want confirmation for more commands on remote direds than on
-;;    local direds. For example, I strongly recommend that you not include
-;;    compress and uncompress in this list. If there is enough demand it
+;;    local direds.  For example, I strongly recommend that you not include
+;;    compress and uncompress in this list.  If there is enough demand it
 ;;    might be a good idea to have an alist ange-ftp-dired-no-confirm of
 ;;    pairs ( TYPE . LIST ), where TYPE is an operating system type and LIST
 ;;    is a list of commands for which confirmation would be suppressed.  Then
 ;;    remote dired listings would take their (buffer-local) value of
-;;    dired-no-confirm from this alist. Who votes for this?
+;;    dired-no-confirm from this alist.  Who votes for this?
 
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Non-UNIX support:
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 ;; VMS support:
 ;;
 ;; Ange-ftp has full support for VMS hosts.  It should be able to
-;; automatically recognize any VMS machine. However, if it fails to do
+;; automatically recognize any VMS machine.  However, if it fails to do
 ;; this, you can use the command ange-ftp-add-vms-host.  Also, you can
 ;; set the variable ange-ftp-vms-host-regexp in your init file.  We
 ;; would be grateful if you would report any failures to automatically
@@ -308,46 +308,46 @@
 ;;    Therefore, to access a VMS file, you must enter the filename with upper
 ;;    case letters.
 ;; 2. To access the latest version of file under VMS, you use the filename
-;;    without the ";" and version number. You should always edit the latest
-;;    version of a file. If you want to edit an earlier version, copy it to a
-;;    new file first. This has nothing to do with ange-ftp, but is simply
-;;    good VMS operating practice. Therefore, to edit FILE.TXT;3 (say 3 is
-;;    latest version), do C-x C-f /ymir.claremont.edu:FILE.TXT. If you
+;;    without the ";" and version number.  You should always edit the latest
+;;    version of a file.  If you want to edit an earlier version, copy it to a
+;;    new file first.  This has nothing to do with ange-ftp, but is simply
+;;    good VMS operating practice.  Therefore, to edit FILE.TXT;3 (say 3 is
+;;    latest version), do C-x C-f /ymir.claremont.edu:FILE.TXT.  If you
 ;;    inadvertently do C-x C-f /ymir.claremont.edu:FILE.TXT;3, you will find
 ;;    that VMS will not allow you to save the file because it will refuse to
 ;;    overwrite FILE.TXT;3, but instead will want to create FILE.TXT;4, and
-;;    attach the buffer to this file. To get out of this situation, M-x
+;;    attach the buffer to this file.  To get out of this situation, M-x
 ;;    write-file /ymir.claremont.edu:FILE.TXT will attach the buffer to
-;;    latest version of the file. For this reason, in dired "f"
+;;    latest version of the file.  For this reason, in dired "f"
 ;;    (dired-find-file), always loads the file sans version, whereas "v",
-;;    (dired-view-file), always loads the explicit version number. The
+;;    (dired-view-file), always loads the explicit version number.  The
 ;;    reasoning being that it reasonable to view old versions of a file, but
 ;;    not to edit them.
 ;; 3. EMACS has a feature in which it does environment variable substitution
-;;    in filenames. Therefore, to enter a $ in a filename, you must quote it
+;;    in filenames.  Therefore, to enter a $ in a filename, you must quote it
 ;;    by typing $$.
 
 ;; MTS support:
 ;;
 ;; Ange-ftp has full support for hosts running
 ;; the Michigan terminal system.  It should be able to automatically
-;; recognize any MTS machine. However, if it fails to do this, you can use
+;; recognize any MTS machine.  However, if it fails to do this, you can use
 ;; the command ange-ftp-add-mts-host.  As well, you can set the variable
-;; ange-ftp-mts-host-regexp in your init file. We would be grateful if you
+;; ange-ftp-mts-host-regexp in your init file.  We would be grateful if you
 ;; would report any failures to automatically recognize a MTS host as a bug.
 ;;
 ;; Filename syntax:
 ;;
-;; MTS filenames are entered in a UNIX-y way. For example, if your account
+;; MTS filenames are entered in a UNIX-y way.  For example, if your account
 ;; was YYYY, the file FILE in the account XXXX: on mtsg.ubc.ca would be
 ;; entered as
 ;;   /YYYY@mtsg.ubc.ca:/XXXX:/FILE
-;; In other words, MTS accounts are treated as UNIX directories. Of course,
+;; In other words, MTS accounts are treated as UNIX directories.  Of course,
 ;; to access a file in another account, you must have access permission for
 ;; it.  If FILE were in your own account, then you could enter it in a
 ;; relative name fashion as
 ;;   /YYYY@mtsg.ubc.ca:FILE
-;; MTS filenames can be up to 12 characters. Like UNIX, the structure of the
+;; MTS filenames can be up to 12 characters.  Like UNIX, the structure of the
 ;; filename does not contain a TYPE (i.e. it can have as many "."'s as you
 ;; like.) MTS filenames are always in upper case, and hence be sure to enter
 ;; them as such! MTS is not case sensitive, but an EMACS running under UNIX
@@ -359,37 +359,37 @@
 ;; CMS.  It should be able to automatically recognize any CMS machine.
 ;; However, if it fails to do this, you can use the command
 ;; ange-ftp-add-cms-host.  As well, you can set the variable
-;; ange-ftp-cms-host-regexp in your init file. We would be grateful if you
+;; ange-ftp-cms-host-regexp in your init file.  We would be grateful if you
 ;; would report any failures to automatically recognize a CMS host as a bug.
 ;;
 ;; Filename syntax:
 ;;
-;; CMS filenames are entered in a UNIX-y way. In other words, minidisks are
-;; treated as UNIX directories. For example to access the file READ.ME in
+;; CMS filenames are entered in a UNIX-y way.  In other words, minidisks are
+;; treated as UNIX directories.  For example to access the file READ.ME in
 ;; minidisk *.311 on cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu, you would enter
 ;;   /anonymous@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu:/*.311/READ.ME
 ;; If *.301 is the default minidisk for this account, you could access
 ;; FOO.BAR on this minidisk as
 ;;   /anonymous@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu:FOO.BAR
 ;; CMS filenames are of the form FILE.TYPE, where both FILE and TYPE can be
-;; up to 8 characters. Again, beware that CMS filenames are always upper
+;; up to 8 characters.  Again, beware that CMS filenames are always upper
 ;; case, and hence must be entered as such.
 ;;
 ;; Tips:
 ;; 1. CMS machines, with the exception of anonymous accounts, nearly always
-;;    need an account password. To have ange-ftp send an account password,
+;;    need an account password.  To have ange-ftp send an account password,
 ;;    you can either include it in your .netrc file, or use
 ;;    ange-ftp-set-account.
-;; 2. Ange-ftp cannot send "write passwords" for a minidisk. Hopefully, we
+;; 2. Ange-ftp cannot send "write passwords" for a minidisk.  Hopefully, we
 ;;    can fix this.
 ;;
 ;; BS2000 support:
 ;;
 ;; Ange-ftp has full support for BS2000 hosts.  It should be able to
-;; automatically recognize any BS2000 machine. However, if it fails to
+;; automatically recognize any BS2000 machine.  However, if it fails to
 ;; do this, you can use the command ange-ftp-add-bs2000-host.  As well,
 ;; you can set the variable ange-ftp-bs2000-host-regexp in your .emacs
-;; file. We would be grateful if you would report any failures to auto-
+;; file.  We would be grateful if you would report any failures to auto-
 ;; matically recognize a BS2000 host as a bug.
 ;;
 ;; If you want to access the POSIX subsystem on BS2000 you MUST use
@@ -436,10 +436,10 @@
 ;;    Therefore, to access a BS2000 file, you must enter the filename with
 ;;    upper case letters.
 ;; 2. EMACS has a feature in which it does environment variable substitution
-;;    in filenames. Therefore, to enter a $ in a filename, you must quote it
+;;    in filenames.  Therefore, to enter a $ in a filename, you must quote it
 ;;    by typing $$.
 ;; 3. BS2000 machines, with the exception of anonymous accounts, nearly
-;;    always need an account password. To have ange-ftp send an account
+;;    always need an account password.  To have ange-ftp send an account
 ;;    password, you can either include it in your .netrc file, or use
 ;;    ange-ftp-set-account.
 ;;
@@ -457,15 +457,15 @@
 ;;
 ;; 2. Some combinations of FTP clients and servers break and get out of sync
 ;;    when asked to list a non-existent directory.  Some of the ai.mit.edu
-;;    machines cause this problem for some FTP clients. Using
+;;    machines cause this problem for some FTP clients.  Using
 ;;    ange-ftp-kill-ftp-process can restart the ftp process, which
 ;;    should get things back in sync.
 ;;
 ;; 3. Ange-ftp does not check to make sure that when creating a new file,
 ;;    you provide a valid filename for the remote operating system.
 ;;    If you do not, then the remote FTP server will most likely
-;;    translate your filename in some way. This may cause ange-ftp to
-;;    get confused about what exactly is the name of the file. The
+;;    translate your filename in some way.  This may cause ange-ftp to
+;;    get confused about what exactly is the name of the file.  The
 ;;    most common causes of this are using lower case filenames on systems
 ;;    which support only upper case, and using filenames which are too
 ;;    long.
@@ -479,39 +479,39 @@
 ;;    disgusting way around this problem is to talk to the FTP process via
 ;;    rlogin which does the 'right' things with pty's.
 ;;
-;; 6. For CMS support, we send too many cd's. Since cd's are cheap, I haven't
-;;    worried about this too much. Eventually, we should have some caching
+;; 6. For CMS support, we send too many cd's.  Since cd's are cheap, I haven't
+;;    worried about this too much.  Eventually, we should have some caching
 ;;    of the current minidisk.
 ;;
 ;; 7. Some CMS machines do not assign a default minidisk when you ftp them as
-;;    anonymous. It is then necessary to guess a valid minidisk name, and cd
-;;    to it. This is (understandably) beyond ange-ftp.
+;;    anonymous.  It is then necessary to guess a valid minidisk name, and cd
+;;    to it.  This is (understandably) beyond ange-ftp.
 ;;
 ;; 8. Remote to remote copying of files on non-Unix machines can be risky.
 ;;    Depending on the variable ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp, ange-ftp
-;;    will use binary mode for the copy. Between systems of different
+;;    will use binary mode for the copy.  Between systems of different
 ;;    architecture, this still may not be enough to guarantee the integrity
-;;    of binary files. Binary file transfers from VMS machines are
-;;    particularly problematical. Should ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp be
+;;    of binary files.  Binary file transfers from VMS machines are
+;;    particularly problematical.  Should ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp be
 ;;    an alist of OS type, regexp pairs?
 ;;
 ;; 9. The code to do compression of files over ftp is not as careful as it
-;;    should be. It deletes the old remote version of the file, before
+;;    should be.  It deletes the old remote version of the file, before
 ;;    actually checking if the local to remote transfer of the compressed
-;;    file succeeds. Of course to delete the original version of the file
+;;    file succeeds.  Of course to delete the original version of the file
 ;;    after transferring the compressed version back is also dangerous,
 ;;    because some OS's have severe restrictions on the length of filenames,
 ;;    and when the compressed version is copied back the "-Z" or ".Z" may be
-;;    truncated. Then, ange-ftp would delete the only remaining version of
+;;    truncated.  Then, ange-ftp would delete the only remaining version of
 ;;    the file.  Maybe ange-ftp should make backups when it compresses files
 ;;    (of course, the backup "~" could also be truncated off, sigh...).
 ;;    Suggestions?
 ;;
 ;; 10. If a dir listing is attempted for an empty directory on (at least
-;;     some) VMS hosts, an ftp error is given. This is really an ftp bug, and
+;;     some) VMS hosts, an ftp error is given.  This is really an ftp bug, and
 ;;     I don't know how to get ange-ftp work to around it.
 ;;
-;; 11. Bombs on filenames that start with a space. Deals well with filenames
+;; 11. Bombs on filenames that start with a space.  Deals well with filenames
 ;;     containing spaces, but beware that the remote ftpd may not like them
 ;;     much.
 ;;
@@ -519,13 +519,13 @@
 ;;     It needs to be reimplemented by modifying the parse-...-listing
 ;;	functions to convert the directory listing to ls -l format.
 ;;
-;; 13. The famous @ bug. As mentioned above in TIPS, ULTRIX marks symlinks
-;;     with a trailing @ in a ls -alF listing. In order to account for this
+;; 13. The famous @ bug.  As mentioned above in TIPS, ULTRIX marks symlinks
+;;     with a trailing @ in a ls -alF listing.  In order to account for this
 ;;     ange-ftp looks to chop trailing @'s off of symlink names when it is
-;;     parsing a listing with the F switch. This will cause ange-ftp to
+;;     parsing a listing with the F switch.  This will cause ange-ftp to
 ;;     incorrectly get the name of a symlink on a non-ULTRIX host if its name
-;;     ends in an @. ange-ftp will correct itself if you take F out of the
-;;     dired ls switches (C-u s will allow you to edit the switches). The
+;;     ends in an @.  ange-ftp will correct itself if you take F out of the
+;;     dired ls switches (C-u s will allow you to edit the switches).  The
 ;;     dired buffer will be automatically reverted, which will allow ange-ftp
 ;;     to fix its files hashtable.  A cookie to anyone who can think of a
 ;;     fast, sure-fire way to recognize ULTRIX over ftp.
@@ -576,26 +576,26 @@
 ;; and the current code should eventually be made compliant.
 ;;
 ;; nil = local host type, whatever that is (probably unix).
-;;       Think nil as in "not a remote host". This value is used by
+;;       Think nil as in "not a remote host".  This value is used by
 ;;       ange-ftp-dired-host-type for local buffers.
 ;;
-;; t = a remote host of unknown type. Think t as in true, it's remote.
+;; t = a remote host of unknown type.  Think t as in true, it's remote.
 ;;     Currently, `unix' is used as the default remote host type.
 ;;     Maybe we should use t.
 ;;
 ;; TYPE = a remote host of TYPE type.
 ;;
 ;; TYPE:LIST = a remote host of TYPE type, using a specialized ftp listing
-;;             program called list. This is currently only used for Unix
+;;             program called list.  This is currently only used for Unix
 ;;             dl (descriptive listings), when ange-ftp-dired-host-type
 ;;             is set to `unix:dl'.
 
 ;; Bug report codes:
 ;;
 ;; Because of their naive faith in this code, there are certain situations
-;; which the writers of this program believe could never happen. However,
+;; which the writers of this program believe could never happen.  However,
 ;; being realists they have put calls to `error' in the program at these
-;; points. These errors provide a code, which is an integer, greater than 1.
+;; points.  These errors provide a code, which is an integer, greater than 1.
 ;; To aid debugging.  the error codes, and the functions in which they reside
 ;; are listed below.
 ;;
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ or nil meaning don't change it."
   "Buffer name to hold directory listing data received from FTP process.")
 
 (defvar ange-ftp-netrc-modtime nil
-  "Last modified time of the netrc file from file-attributes.")
+  "Last modified time of the netrc file from `file-attributes'.")
 
 (defvar ange-ftp-user-hashtable (make-hash-table :test 'equal)
   "Hash table holding associations between HOST, USER pairs.")
@@ -2641,7 +2641,7 @@ away in the internal cache."
 		    (ange-ftp-error host user
 				    (concat "DIR failed: " (cdr result)))))
 	      (ange-ftp-del-tmp-name temp))))
-      (error "Should never happen. Please report. Bug ref. no.: 1"))))
+      (error "This should never happen; please report this as a bug"))))
 
 ;;;; ------------------------------------------------------------
 ;;;; Directory information caching support.
@@ -5134,7 +5134,7 @@ NEWNAME should be the name to give the new compressed or uncompressed file.")
 			   (concat "/" drive "/"))
 		      dir (and dir "/")
 		      file))
-	  (error "name %s didn't match" name))
+          (error "Name %s didn't match" name))
       (let (drive dir file tmp quote)
 	(if (string-match "\\`\".+\"\\'" name)
 	    (setq name (substring name 1 -1)
@@ -5662,7 +5662,7 @@ Other orders of $ and _ seem to all work just fine.")
 	      (setq file (match-string 2 name))
 	      (concat (and acct (concat "/" acct "/"))
 		      file))
-	  (error "name %s didn't match" name))
+          (error "Name %s didn't match" name))
       (if (string-match "\\`/\\([^:]+:\\)/\\(.*\\)\\'" name)
 	  (concat (match-string 1 name) (match-string 2 name))
 	;; Let's hope that mts will recognize it anyway.
@@ -6096,7 +6096,7 @@ Other orders of $ and _ seem to all work just fine.")
 	       (and pubset (concat "_/" pubset "/"))
 	       (and userid (concat userid "/"))
 	       filename))
-	  (error "name %s didn't match" name))
+          (error "Name %s didn't match" name))
       ;; and here we (maybe) have to remove the inserted "_/" 'cause
       ;; of our prevention of the special escape prefix above:
       (if (string-match (concat "^/_/") name)
diff --git a/lisp/net/browse-url.el b/lisp/net/browse-url.el
index bf77ecc7af7..b21c66ef14b 100644
--- a/lisp/net/browse-url.el
+++ b/lisp/net/browse-url.el
@@ -1754,11 +1754,11 @@ from `browse-url-elinks-wrapper'."
     (define-key map [mouse-2] #'browse-url-button-open)
     (define-key map "w" #'browse-url-button-copy)
     map)
-  "The keymap used for browse-url buttons.")
+  "The keymap used for `browse-url' buttons.")
 
 (defface browse-url-button
   '((t :inherit link))
-  "Face for browse-url buttons (i.e., links)."
+  "Face for `browse-url' buttons (i.e., links)."
   :version "27.1")
 
 (defun browse-url-add-buttons ()
diff --git a/lisp/net/dictionary.el b/lisp/net/dictionary.el
index 4947caba699..85467cd7828 100644
--- a/lisp/net/dictionary.el
+++ b/lisp/net/dictionary.el
@@ -1312,9 +1312,9 @@ allows editing it."
   "Turn off or on support for the dictionary tooltip mode.
 
 It is normally internally called with 1 to enable support for the
-tooltip mode. The hook function will check the value of the
-variable dictionary-tooltip-mode to decide if some action must be
-taken. When disabling the tooltip mode the value of this variable
+tooltip mode.  The hook function will check the value of the
+variable `dictionary-tooltip-mode' to decide if some action must be
+taken.  When disabling the tooltip mode the value of this variable
 will be set to nil."
   (interactive)
   (tooltip-mode on)
@@ -1345,10 +1345,10 @@ active it will overwrite that mode for the current buffer."
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun global-dictionary-tooltip-mode (&optional arg)
-  "Enable/disable dictionary-tooltip-mode for all buffers.
+  "Enable/disable `dictionary-tooltip-mode' for all buffers.
 
-Internally it provides a default for the dictionary-tooltip-mode.
-It can be overwritten for each buffer using dictionary-tooltip-mode.
+Internally it provides a default for the `dictionary-tooltip-mode'.
+It can be overwritten for each buffer using `dictionary-tooltip-mode'.
 
 Note: (global-dictionary-tooltip-mode 0) will not disable the mode
 any buffer where (dictionary-tooltip-mode 1) has been called."
diff --git a/lisp/net/eudc.el b/lisp/net/eudc.el
index 517913ff016..5c451c6556d 100644
--- a/lisp/net/eudc.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eudc.el
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;    This package provides a common interface to query directory servers using
 ;;    different protocols such as LDAP, CCSO PH/QI or BBDB.  Queries can be
-;;    made through an interactive form or inline. Inline query strings in
+;;    made through an interactive form or inline.  Inline query strings in
 ;;    buffers are expanded with appropriately formatted query results
 ;;    (especially used to expand email addresses in message buffers).  EUDC
 ;;    also interfaces with the BBDB package to let you register query results
diff --git a/lisp/net/eww.el b/lisp/net/eww.el
index 28569eeeb10..c1202974f45 100644
--- a/lisp/net/eww.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eww.el
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 (eval-when-compile (require 'subr-x))
 
 (defgroup eww nil
-  "Emacs Web Wowser"
+  "Emacs Web Wowser."
   :version "25.1"
   :link '(custom-manual "(eww) Top")
   :group 'web
diff --git a/lisp/net/gnutls.el b/lisp/net/gnutls.el
index 43dd9dc15cd..7b1ea2e765e 100644
--- a/lisp/net/gnutls.el
+++ b/lisp/net/gnutls.el
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ trust and key files, and priority string."
            trustfiles crlfiles keylist min-prime-bits
            verify-flags verify-error verify-hostname-error
            &allow-other-keys)
-  "Negotiate a SSL/TLS connection.  Returns proc.  Signals gnutls-error.
+  "Negotiate a SSL/TLS connection.  Return proc.  Signal gnutls-error.
 
 Note that arguments are passed CL style, :type TYPE instead of just TYPE.
 
diff --git a/lisp/net/goto-addr.el b/lisp/net/goto-addr.el
index 78f6f3d915b..848bad3b0d6 100644
--- a/lisp/net/goto-addr.el
+++ b/lisp/net/goto-addr.el
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ will have no effect.")
   "Keymap to hold goto-addr's mouse key defs under highlighted URLs.")
 
 (defun goto-address-context-menu (menu click)
-  "Populate MENU with goto-address commands at CLICK."
+  "Populate MENU with `goto-address' commands at CLICK."
   (when (mouse-posn-property (event-start click) 'goto-address)
     (define-key menu [goto-address-separator] menu-bar-separator)
     (define-key menu [goto-address-at-mouse]
diff --git a/lisp/net/ldap.el b/lisp/net/ldap.el
index 7997bf3c90b..8b63dce2113 100644
--- a/lisp/net/ldap.el
+++ b/lisp/net/ldap.el
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ a separator."
 
 (defcustom ldap-default-port nil
   "Default TCP port for LDAP connections.
-Initialized from the LDAP library at build time. Default value is 389."
+Initialized from the LDAP library at build time.
+Default value is 389."
   :type '(choice (const :tag "Use library default" nil)
 		 (integer :tag "Port number")))
 
diff --git a/lisp/net/mailcap.el b/lisp/net/mailcap.el
index 5473ba7e697..83d0eeef9f1 100644
--- a/lisp/net/mailcap.el
+++ b/lisp/net/mailcap.el
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ The elements of the list are alists of the following structure
    (type   . MIME-TYPE)
    (test   . TEST))
 
-where VIEWER is either a lisp command, e.g., a major-mode, or a
+where VIEWER is either a Lisp command, e.g., a major mode, or a
 string containing a shell command for viewing files of the
 defined MIME-TYPE.  In case of a shell command, %s will be
 replaced with the file.
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ replaced with the file.
 MIME-TYPE is a regular expression being matched against the
 actual MIME type.  It is implicitly surrounded with ^ and $.
 
-TEST is a lisp form which is evaluated in order to test if the
+TEST is a Lisp form which is evaluated in order to test if the
 entry should be chosen.  The `test' entry is optional.
 
 When selecting a viewer for a given MIME type, the first viewer
diff --git a/lisp/net/nsm.el b/lisp/net/nsm.el
index 1d9ee6db86c..2ac1df1d58a 100644
--- a/lisp/net/nsm.el
+++ b/lisp/net/nsm.el
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 (defvar nsm-temporary-host-settings nil)
 
 (defgroup nsm nil
-  "Network Security Manager"
+  "Network Security Manager."
   :version "25.1"
   :group 'comm)
 
@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ this check has no effect on GnuTLS >= 3.2.0.
 
 Reference:
 
-[1]: Schneier, Bruce (1996). Applied Cryptography (Second ed.). John
-Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-11709-9.
+[1]: Schneier, Bruce (1996).  Applied Cryptography (Second ed.).
+John Wiley & Sons.  ISBN 0-471-11709-9.
 [2]: N. Mavrogiannopoulos, FSF (Apr 2015).  \"GnuTLS NEWS -- History
 of user-visible changes.\" Version 3.4.0,
 `https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/blob/master/NEWS'"
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ man-in-the-middle attacks.
 
 Reference:
 
-GnuTLS authors (2018). \"GnuTLS Manual 4.3.3 Anonymous
+GnuTLS authors (2018).  \"GnuTLS Manual 4.3.3 Anonymous
 authentication\",
 `https://www.gnutls.org/manual/gnutls.html#Anonymous-authentication'"
   (let ((kx (plist-get status :key-exchange)))
diff --git a/lisp/net/quickurl.el b/lisp/net/quickurl.el
index 2574c8cb63e..046953faf6e 100644
--- a/lisp/net/quickurl.el
+++ b/lisp/net/quickurl.el
@@ -24,19 +24,19 @@
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;
 ;; This package provides a simple method of inserting a URL based on the
-;; text at point in the current buffer. This is part of an on-going effort
+;; text at point in the current buffer.  This is part of an on-going effort
 ;; to increase the information I provide people while reducing the amount
-;; of typing I need to do. No-doubt there are undiscovered Emacs packages
+;; of typing I need to do.  No-doubt there are undiscovered Emacs packages
 ;; out there that do all of this and do it better, feel free to point me to
 ;; them, in the mean time I'm having fun playing with Emacs Lisp.
 ;;
 ;; The URLs are stored in an external file as a list of either cons cells,
-;; or lists. A cons cell entry looks like this:
+;; or lists.  A cons cell entry looks like this:
 ;;
 ;;    (<Lookup> . <URL>)
 ;;
 ;; where <Lookup> is a string that acts as the keyword lookup and <URL> is
-;; the URL associated with it. An example might be:
+;; the URL associated with it.  An example might be:
 ;;
 ;;    ("GNU" . "https://www.gnu.org/")
 ;;
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 ;;    (<Lookup> <URL> <Comment>)
 ;;
 ;; where <Lookup> and <URL> are the same as with the cons cell and <Comment>
-;; is any text you like that describes the URL. This description will be
-;; used when presenting a list of URLS using `quickurl-list'. An example
+;; is any text you like that describes the URL.  This description will be
+;; used when presenting a list of URLS using `quickurl-list'.  An example
 ;; might be:
 ;;
 ;;    ("FSF" "https://www.fsf.org/" "The Free Software Foundation")
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ Note that this function is a setfable place."
 (defun quickurl-url-comment (url)
   "Get the comment from a URL.
 
-If the URL has no comment an empty string is returned. Also note that this
-function is a setfable place."
+If the URL has no comment an empty string is returned.  Also note
+that this function is a setfable place."
   (declare
    (gv-setter (lambda (store)
                 `(if (quickurl-url-commented-p ,url)
diff --git a/lisp/net/sasl-cram.el b/lisp/net/sasl-cram.el
index 4022a35b391..2427f4976e3 100644
--- a/lisp/net/sasl-cram.el
+++ b/lisp/net/sasl-cram.el
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
+;;; Code:
+
 (require 'sasl)
 (require 'hmac-md5)
 
diff --git a/lisp/net/sasl-digest.el b/lisp/net/sasl-digest.el
index 5afc195d4b4..3696f526b5d 100644
--- a/lisp/net/sasl-digest.el
+++ b/lisp/net/sasl-digest.el
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 ;; It is caller's responsibility to base64-decode challenges and
 ;; base64-encode responses in IMAP4 AUTHENTICATE command.
 ;;
-;; Passphrase should be longer than 16 bytes. (See RFC 2195)
+;; Passphrase should be longer than 16 bytes.  (See RFC 2195)
 
-;;; Commentary:
+;;; Code:
 
 (require 'sasl)
 (require 'hmac-md5)
diff --git a/lisp/net/secrets.el b/lisp/net/secrets.el
index 4102b9d322a..4217c219ad9 100644
--- a/lisp/net/secrets.el
+++ b/lisp/net/secrets.el
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
   "Whether there is a daemon offering the Secret Service API.")
 
 (defvar secrets-debug nil
-  "Write debug messages")
+  "Write debug messages.")
 
 (defconst secrets-service "org.freedesktop.secrets"
   "The D-Bus name used to talk to Secret Service.")
diff --git a/lisp/net/shr-color.el b/lisp/net/shr-color.el
index eb78a259a8c..aa92c365f87 100644
--- a/lisp/net/shr-color.el
+++ b/lisp/net/shr-color.el
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl-lib))
 
 (defgroup shr-color nil
-  "Simple HTML Renderer colors"
+  "Simple HTML Renderer colors."
   :group 'shr)
 
 (defcustom shr-color-visible-luminance-min 40
diff --git a/lisp/net/shr.el b/lisp/net/shr.el
index 85d81b6bbcc..a8e15c1e0ae 100644
--- a/lisp/net/shr.el
+++ b/lisp/net/shr.el
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 (require 'text-property-search)
 
 (defgroup shr nil
-  "Simple HTML Renderer"
+  "Simple HTML Renderer."
   :version "25.1"
   :group 'web)
 
diff --git a/lisp/net/sieve-manage.el b/lisp/net/sieve-manage.el
index 1f08a15e570..64544bcf154 100644
--- a/lisp/net/sieve-manage.el
+++ b/lisp/net/sieve-manage.el
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ If BUFFER is nil, the current buffer is used."
 
 (defun sieve-manage-capability (&optional name value buffer)
   "Check if capability NAME of server BUFFER match VALUE.
-If it does, return the server value of NAME. If not returns nil.
+If it does, return the server value of NAME.  If not return nil.
 If VALUE is nil, do not check VALUE and return server value.
 If NAME is nil, return the full server list of capabilities."
   (with-current-buffer (or buffer (current-buffer))
diff --git a/lisp/net/sieve-mode.el b/lisp/net/sieve-mode.el
index 0e8fdc0a905..70cebd30396 100644
--- a/lisp/net/sieve-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/net/sieve-mode.el
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\} "){" st)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\" "\"" st)
     st)
-  "Syntax table in use in sieve-mode buffers.")
+  "Syntax table in use in `sieve-mode' buffers.")
 
 
 ;; Key map definition
diff --git a/lisp/net/sieve.el b/lisp/net/sieve.el
index 6d571a0a30f..99bc0a7acd2 100644
--- a/lisp/net/sieve.el
+++ b/lisp/net/sieve.el
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ require \"fileinto\";
              (substitute-command-keys "\\[sieve-upload]"))))
 
 (defmacro sieve-change-region (&rest body)
-  "Turns off sieve-region before executing BODY, then re-enables it after.
+  "Turn off sieve-region before executing BODY, then re-enables it after.
 Used to bracket operations which move point in the sieve-buffer."
   (declare (indent 0) (debug t))
   `(progn
diff --git a/lisp/net/snmp-mode.el b/lisp/net/snmp-mode.el
index ae878ef3a51..10892ebf611 100644
--- a/lisp/net/snmp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/net/snmp-mode.el
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ Tab indents for C code.
 Comments start with -- and end with newline or another --.
 Delete converts tabs to spaces as it moves back.
 \\{snmp-mode-map}
-Turning on snmp-mode runs the hooks in `snmp-common-mode-hook', then
+Turning on `snmp-mode' runs the hooks in `snmp-common-mode-hook', then
 `snmp-mode-hook'."
   (interactive)
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ Tab indents for C code.
 Comments start with -- and end with newline or another --.
 Delete converts tabs to spaces as it moves back.
 \\{snmp-mode-map}
-Turning on snmp-mode runs the hooks in `snmp-common-mode-hook',
+Turning on `snmp-mode' runs the hooks in `snmp-common-mode-hook',
 then `snmpv2-mode-hook'."
   (interactive)
 
diff --git a/lisp/net/socks.el b/lisp/net/socks.el
index 78a261fd83e..7ac8bbbf1be 100644
--- a/lisp/net/socks.el
+++ b/lisp/net/socks.el
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ When ATYPE indicates an IP, param ADDRESS must be given as raw bytes."
 
 ;; Replacement functions for open-network-stream, etc.
 (defvar socks-noproxy nil
-  "List of regexps matching hosts that we should not socksify connections to")
+  "List of regexps matching hosts that we should not socksify connections to.")
 
 (defun socks-find-route (host _service)
   (let ((route socks-server)
diff --git a/lisp/net/telnet.el b/lisp/net/telnet.el
index bb65ecaa981..9aa5d50d6c1 100644
--- a/lisp/net/telnet.el
+++ b/lisp/net/telnet.el
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ LOGIN-NAME, which is optional, says what to log in as on that machine.")
   "Program to run to open a telnet connection.")
 
 (defvar telnet-initial-count -50
-  "Initial value of `telnet-count'.  Should be set to the negative of the
-number of terminal writes telnet will make setting up the host connection.")
+  "Initial value of `telnet-count'.
+Should be set to the negative of the number of terminal writes
+telnet will make setting up the host connection.")
 
 (defvar telnet-maximum-count 4
   "Maximum value `telnet-count' can have.
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index 22d4712985c..0416d15f521 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -5800,8 +5800,8 @@ This command is returned only if `delete-by-moving-to-trash' is non-nil."
 ;; Some predefined connection properties.
 (defun tramp-get-inline-compress (vec prop size)
   "Return the compress command related to PROP.
-PROP is either `inline-compress' or `inline-decompress'. SIZE is
-the length of the file to be compressed.
+PROP is either `inline-compress' or `inline-decompress'.
+SIZE is the length of the file to be compressed.
 
 If no corresponding command is found, nil is returned."
   (when (and (integerp tramp-inline-compress-start-size)
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el
index 6ed67034f4e..93ec8d69340 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ The outline level is equal to the verbosity of the Tramp message."
 (put #'tramp-trace-buffer-name 'tramp-suppress-trace t)
 
 (defvar tramp-trace-functions nil
-  "A list of non-Tramp functions to be traced with tramp-verbose > 10.")
+  "A list of non-Tramp functions to be traced with `tramp-verbose' > 10.")
 
 (defun tramp-debug-message (vec fmt-string &rest arguments)
   "Append message to debug buffer of VEC.
diff --git a/lisp/net/zeroconf.el b/lisp/net/zeroconf.el
index d5da73bd857..98be0e0158e 100644
--- a/lisp/net/zeroconf.el
+++ b/lisp/net/zeroconf.el
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 (require 'dbus)
 
 (defvar zeroconf-debug nil
-  "Write messages during service discovery")
+  "Write messages during service discovery.")
 
 (defconst zeroconf-service-avahi "org.freedesktop.Avahi"
   "The D-Bus name used to talk to Avahi.")
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ type used when registering FUNCTION."
 (defun zeroconf-get-service (name type)
   "Return the service description of service NAME as list.
 NAME must be a string.  The service must be of service type
-TYPE. The resulting list has the format
+TYPE.  The resulting list has the format
 
   (INTERFACE PROTOCOL NAME TYPE DOMAIN FLAGS)."
   ;; Due to the service browser, all known services are kept in
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ TYPE. The resulting list has the format
 (defun zeroconf-resolve-service (service)
   "Return all service attributes SERVICE as list.
 NAME must be a string.  The service must be of service type
-TYPE. The resulting list has the format
+TYPE.  The resulting list has the format
 
   (INTERFACE PROTOCOL NAME TYPE DOMAIN HOST APROTOCOL ADDRESS PORT TXT FLAGS)."
   (let* ((name (zeroconf-service-name service))