cal: in man page improve grammar and wording of the reformation limitation

Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>

diff --git a/misc-utils/cal.1 b/misc-utils/cal.1
index c305eee2da8676bb299222c589ddaac8dcb7dc51..470d231928adc770c2d5aff438c96ecde7a4489f 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/cal.1
+++ b/misc-utils/cal.1
@@ -111,11 +111,12 @@ is used, where the first Thursday of the year is in week number 1.
 .PP
 The
 .B cal
-is using for Gregorian reformation the date of 1752 on the 3rd of
-September when it happen in Great Britain and it's colonies (including
-what is now the USA).  Ten days following that date were eliminated by
-the reformation, so the calendar for that month is a bit unusual.  The
-history when calendar reformation happen in different locales is ignored.
+program uses the 3rd of September 1752 as the date of the Gregorian calendar
+reformation -- that is when it happened in Great Britain and its colonies
+(including what is now the USA).  Ten days following that date were eliminated
+by this reformation, so the calendar for that month is rather unusual.
+The actual historical dates at which the calendar reform happened in all the
+different countries (locales) are ignored.
 .PP
 Alternative calendars, such as the Umm al-Qura, the Solar Hijri, the Ge'ez,
 or the lunisolar Hindu, are not supported.