From: Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 15:55:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Bug 69549: ErrorLogFormat - "format string items" → "format specifiers"; "log line... 
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Bug 69549: ErrorLogFormat - "format string items" → "format specifiers"; "log line" → "format string"

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1933666 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
index bcb4820f78..0620212adc 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
@@ -1623,14 +1623,14 @@ ErrorLogFormat "[%t] [%l] [pid %P] %F: %E: [client %a] %M"
     without causing any log message, the additional information is not logged
     either.</p>
 
-    <p>It can happen that some format string items do not produce output.  For
+    <p>It can happen that some format specifiers do not produce output.  For
     example, the Referer header is only present if the log message is
     associated to a request and the log message happens at a time when the
     Referer header has already been read from the client.  If no output is
     produced, the default behavior is to delete everything from the preceding
     space character to the next space character.  This means the format string is
     implicitly divided into fields on non-whitespace to whitespace transitions.
-    If a format string item does not produce output, the whole field is
+    If a format specifier does not produce output, the whole field is
     omitted.  For example, if the remote address <code>%a</code> in the log
     format <code>[%t] [%l] [%a] %M&nbsp;</code> is not available, the surrounding
     brackets are not logged either.  Space characters can be escaped with a
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ ErrorLogFormat "[%t] [%l] [pid %P] %F: %E: [client %a] %M"
 
     </table>
 
-    <p>Some format string items accept additional parameters in braces.</p>
+    <p>Some format specifiers accept additional parameters in braces.</p>
 
     <table border="1" style="zebra">
     <columnspec><column width=".2"/><column width=".8"/></columnspec>