is, of course, to choose a different set of directories by using
`--prefix` and `--openssldir` when configuring.
-Note that, on Windows platforms (both 32 and 64 bit), the above build time
+Note that, on Windows platforms (both 32 and 64 bit), the above build-time
defaults can be overridden by registry keys. This is done because it is common
-practice for windows based installers to allow users to place the installation
-tree at various locations not defined at build time. The following keys:
+practice for windows-based installers to allow users to place the installation
+tree at an arbitrary location not defined at build-time. The following keys:
`\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\OpenSSL-<version>-<ctx>\OPENSSLDIR`
`\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\OpenSSL-<version>-<ctx>\ENGINESDIR`
To enable the reading of registry keys from windows builds, add
`-DOPENSSL_WINCTX=<string>`to the Configure command line. This define is used
-at build time to construct library build specific registry key paths of the
+at build-time to construct library build specific registry key paths of the
format:
`\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432node\OpenSSL-<version>-<ctx>`
Where `<version>` is the semantic major.minor.patch version of the library being