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diff --git a/doc/package.n b/doc/package.n
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--- a/doc/package.n
+++ b/doc/package.n
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: package.n,v 1.12 2006/09/22 18:13:26 andreas_kupries Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: package.n,v 1.13 2006/09/25 15:58:20 andreas_kupries Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH package n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ This form is called "bounded".
.RE
.RS
.PP
-where "min" and "max" are valid version numbers. The current syntax is
+where "min" and "max" are valid version numbers. The legacy syntax is
a special case of the extended syntax, keeping backward
compatibility. Regarding satisfaction the rules are:
.RE
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ to set it back to "stable" is ineffective and the mode value remains
When passed any other value as an argument, raise an invalid argument
error.
.PP
-When an interpreter, its initial selection mode value is set to
+When an interpreter is created, its initial selection mode value is set to
"stable" unless the environment variable \fBTCL_PKG_PREFER_LATEST\fR
is set. If that environment variable is defined (with any value) then
the initial (and permanent) selection mode value is set to "latest".
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ exactly once to replace a dot for separation. These letters
semantically add a negative specifier into the version, where 'a' is
-2, and 'b' is -1. Each may be specified only once, and 'a' or 'b' are
mutually exclusive in a specifier. Thus 1.3a1 becomes (semantically)
-1.3.-3.1, 1.3b1 is 1.3.-2.1. Negative numbers are not directly allowed
+1.3.-3.1, 1.3b1 is 1.3.-1.1. Negative numbers are not directly allowed
in version specifiers.
A version number not containing the letters 'a' or 'b' as specified
above is called a \fBstable\fR version, whereas presence of the letters