prctl.2, rtc.4, boot.7, netlink.7: grfix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

man2/prctl.2

@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ See
 .TP
 .BR PR_SET_TIMING " (since Linux 2.6.0-test4)"
 Set whether to use (normal, traditional) statistical process timing or
-accurate timestamp based process timing, by passing
+accurate timestamp-based process timing, by passing
 .B PR_TIMING_STATISTICAL
 .\" 0
 or

man4/rtc.4

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ One of these usually has battery backup power so that it tracks the time
 even while the computer is turned off.
 RTCs often provide alarms and other interrupts.
 
-All i386 PCs, and ACPI based systems, have an RTC that is compatible with
+All i386 PCs, and ACPI-based systems, have an RTC that is compatible with
 the Motorola MC146818 chip on the original PC/AT.
 Today such an RTC is usually integrated into the mainboard's chipset
 (south bridge), and uses a replaceable coin-sized backup battery.

man7/boot.7

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ that actually start/stop the individual services.
 
 .TP
 Note:
-The following description applies to System V release 4 based system, which
+The following description applies to System V release 4-based systems, which
 currently covers most commercial UNIX systems (Solaris, HP-UX, Irix, Tru64)
 as well as the major Linux distributions (Red Hat, Debian, Mandrake,
 SUSE, Ubuntu).

man7/netlink.7

@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ sent back to the sending PID and the multicast group.
 .SH VERSIONS
 The socket interface to netlink is a new feature of Linux 2.2.
 
-Linux 2.0 supported a more primitive device based netlink interface
+Linux 2.0 supported a more primitive device-based netlink interface
 (which is still available as a compatibility option).
 This obsolete interface is not described here.