--- a/man/lispref/modes.texi	Mon Aug 13 11:01:58 2007 +0200
+++ b/man/lispref/modes.texi	Mon Aug 13 11:03:08 2007 +0200
@@ -502,9 +502,8 @@
 If you run @code{normal-mode} interactively, the argument
 @var{find-file} is normally @code{nil}.  In this case,
 @code{normal-mode} unconditionally processes any local variables list.
-@xref{File variables, , Local Variables in Files, xemacs, The XEmacs
-Lisp Reference Manual}, for the syntax of the local variables section of
-a file.
+@xref{File variables, , Local Variables in Files, emacs, The XEmacs
+Reference Manual}, for the syntax of the local variables section of a file.
 
 @cindex file mode specification error
 @code{normal-mode} uses @code{condition-case} around the call to the
@@ -543,7 +542,7 @@
 value of a local variable.  However, this function does not look for
 the @samp{mode:} local variable near the end of a file; the
 @code{hack-local-variables} function does that.  @xref{Choosing Modes, ,
-How Major Modes are Chosen, xemacs, The XEmacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
+How Major Modes are Chosen, emacs, The XEmacs Reference Manual}.
 @end defun
 
 @defopt default-major-mode 
@@ -635,7 +634,7 @@
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar interpreter-mode-alist
-This variable specifies major modes to use for scripts that specify a
+This variable specifes major modes to use for scripts that specify a
 command interpreter in an @samp{#!} line.  Its value is a list of
 elements of the form @code{(@var{interpreter} . @var{mode})}; for
 example, @code{("perl" . perl-mode)} is one element present by default.