* doc/autoconf.texi (Installation Directory Variables): Englishoes

spotted by Jim Meyering.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+2001-11-22  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Installation Directory Variables): Englishoes
+       spotted by Jim Meyering.
+
 2001-11-16  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
-       
+
        This patch implements a `long double' suggestion by Oliver Kiddle.
-       
+
        * lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_LANG_BOOL_COMPILE_TRY(C)): Make the array
        static, to catch errors if the value isn't known at compile-time
        and the compiler supports dynamic arrays.  Change its name from
@@ -11,7 +16,7 @@
        better than double.  Catch a bug in GCC 2.95.2 x86.
        * doc/autoconf.texi (C Compiler): Document the above.
        * NEWS: Likewise.
-       
+
 2001-11-13  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
        * tests/m4sh.at (LINENO): Protect from autom4te's substitution by

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
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--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ The directory for installing read-only single-machine data.
 
 
 Most of these variables have values that rely on @code{prefix} or
-@code{exec_prefix}.  It is on purpose that the directory output
+@code{exec_prefix}.  It is deliberate that the directory output
 variables keep them unexpanded: typically @samp{@@datadir@@} will be
 replaced by @samp{$@{prefix@}/share}, not @samp{/usr/local/share}.
 
@@ -2170,7 +2170,7 @@ the user runs:
 @item make
 she can still specify a different prefix from the one specified to
 @command{configure}, in which case, if needed, the package shall hard
-code dependencies to her late desires.
+code dependencies corresponding to the make-specified prefix.
 
 @item make install
 she can specify a different installation location, in which case the
@@ -2185,9 +2185,9 @@ In order to support these features, it is essential that @code{datadir}
 remains being defined as @samp{$@{prefix@}/share} to depend upon the
 current value of @code{prefix}.
 
-A corollary is that you should not use these variables but in Makefiles.
-For instance, instead of trying to evaluate @code{datadir} in
-@file{configure} and hardcoding it in Makefiles using
+A corollary is that you should not use these variables except in
+Makefiles.  For instance, instead of trying to evaluate @code{datadir}
+in @file{configure} and hardcoding it in Makefiles using
 e.g. @samp{AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DATADIR, "$datadir")}, you should add
 @samp{-DDATADIR="$(datadir)"} to your @code{CPPFLAGS}.