--- a/man/lispref/lists.texi	Mon Aug 13 11:19:22 2007 +0200
+++ b/man/lispref/lists.texi	Mon Aug 13 11:20:41 2007 +0200
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@
 
 @defun remassoc key alist
 This function deletes by side effect any associations with key @var{key}
-in @var{alist}---i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
+in @var{alist} -- i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
 @code{car} is @code{equal} to @var{key}.  The modified @var{alist} is
 returned.
 
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@
 
 @defun remassq key alist
 This function deletes by side effect any associations with key @var{key}
-in @var{alist}---i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
+in @var{alist} -- i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
 @code{car} is @code{eq} to @var{key}.  The modified @var{alist} is
 returned.
 
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@
 
 @defun remrassoc value alist
 This function deletes by side effect any associations with value @var{value}
-in @var{alist}---i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
+in @var{alist} -- i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
 @code{cdr} is @code{equal} to @var{value}.  The modified @var{alist} is
 returned.
 
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@
 
 @defun remrassq value alist
 This function deletes by side effect any associations with value @var{value}
-in @var{alist}---i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
+in @var{alist} -- i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
 @code{cdr} is @code{eq} to @var{value}.  The modified @var{alist} is
 returned.
 
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@
 In the following functions, if optional arg @var{nil-means-not-present}
 is non-@code{nil}, then a property with a @code{nil} value is ignored or
 removed.  This feature is a virus that has infected old Lisp
-implementations (and thus E-Lisp, due to @sc{rms}'s enamorment with old
+implementations (and thus E-Lisp, due to @sc{RMS}'s enamorment with old
 Lisps), but should not be used except for backward compatibility.
 
 @defun plists-eq a b &optional nil-means-not-present
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@
 In the following functions, if optional arg @var{nil-means-not-present}
 is non-@code{nil}, then a property with a @code{nil} value is ignored or
 removed.  This feature is a virus that has infected old Lisp
-implementations (and thus E-Lisp, due to @sc{rms}'s enamorment with old
+implementations (and thus E-Lisp, due to @sc{RMS}'s enamorment with old
 Lisps), but should not be used except for backward compatibility.
 
 @defun lax-plists-eq a b &optional nil-means-not-present
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@
 done with the elements, they will automatically disappear from the list.
 
 Weak lists are used internally, for example, to manage the list holding
-the children of an extent---an extent that is unused but has a parent
+the children of an extent -- an extent that is unused but has a parent
 will still be reclaimed, and will automatically be removed from its
 parent's list of children.