Minor copy-editing.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index d0ed0f35d01a2ed56ff84d38b3e1153fb85edcce..c75b06afec77687f16a8d574f7abb8f15819db3a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
 
@@ -166,17 +166,17 @@ $ postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
    which will leave the server running in the foreground. This must be
    done while logged into the PostgreSQL user
    account. Without -D, the server will try to use
-   the data directory in the environment variable PGDATA.
-   If neither of these succeed, it will fail.
+   the data directory named by the environment variable PGDATA.
+   If that variable is not provided either, it will fail.
   
 
   
-   To start the postmaster in the
-   background, use the usual shell syntax:
+   Normally it is better to start the postmaster in the
+   background.  For this, use the usual shell syntax:
 
 $ postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
 
-   It is an important to store the server's stdout and
+   It is important to store the server's stdout and
    stderr output somewhere, as shown above. It will help
    for auditing purposes and to diagnose problems. (See 
    linkend="logfile-maintenance"> for a more thorough discussion of log
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@ pg_ctl start -l logfile
   
    Normally, you will want to start the database server when the
    computer boots.bootingstarting
-   the server during Autostart scripts are operating
-   system-specific.  There are a few distributed with
+   the server during Autostart scripts are operating-system-specific.
+   There are a few distributed with
    PostgreSQL in the
-   contrib/start-scripts directory. This may require root
-   privileges.
+   contrib/start-scripts directory. Installing one will require
+   root privileges.
   
 
   
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ su -c 'pg_ctl start -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l serverlog' postgres
   
 
   
-   Here are a few more operating system specific suggestions. (Always
-   replace these with the proper installation directory and the user
-   name.)
+   Here are a few more operating-system-specific suggestions. (In each
+   case be sure to use the proper installation directory and user
+   name where we show generic values.)