- wrap overlong lines (Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn)

- s/\.  /. /g;# (me)

18 files changed, 236 insertions, 220 deletions

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 8e55edb57..5ad35ce20 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ choice
 	  There are 3 ways BusyBox can handle buffer allocations:
 	  - Use malloc. This costs code size for the call to xmalloc.
 	  - Put them on stack. For some very small machines with limited stack
-	    space, this can be deadly.  For most folks, this works just fine.
+	    space, this can be deadly. For most folks, this works just fine.
 	  - Put them in BSS. This works beautifully for computers with a real
 	    MMU (and OS support), but wastes runtime RAM for uCLinux. This
 	    behavior was the only one available for BusyBox versions 0.48 and
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ config FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE
 	select SHOW_USAGE
 	help
 	  All BusyBox applets will show more verbose help messages when
-	  busybox is invoked with --help.  This will add a lot of text to the
-	  busybox binary.  In the default configuration, this will add about
+	  busybox is invoked with --help. This will add a lot of text to the
+	  busybox binary. In the default configuration, this will add about
 	  13k, but it can add much more depending on your configuration.
 
 config FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE
@@ -86,15 +86,15 @@ config FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE
 
 	  If you have a really tiny busybox with few applets enabled (and
 	  bunzip2 isn't one of them), the overhead of the decompressor might
-	  be noticeable.  Also, if you run executables directly from ROM
-	  and have very little memory, this might not be a win.  Otherwise,
+	  be noticeable. Also, if you run executables directly from ROM
+	  and have very little memory, this might not be a win. Otherwise,
 	  you probably want this.
 
 config FEATURE_INSTALLER
 	bool "Support --install [-s] to install applet links at runtime"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Enable 'busybox --install [-s]' support.  This will allow you to use
+	  Enable 'busybox --install [-s]' support. This will allow you to use
 	  busybox at runtime to create hard links or symlinks for all the
 	  applets that are compiled into busybox.
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ config FEATURE_DEVPTS
 	help
 	  Enable if you want BusyBox to use Unix98 PTY support. If enabled,
 	  busybox will use /dev/ptmx for the master side of the pseudoterminal
-	  and /dev/pts/<number> for the slave side.  Otherwise, BSD style
+	  and /dev/pts/<number> for the slave side. Otherwise, BSD style
 	  /dev/ttyp<number> will be used. To use this option, you should have
 	  devpts mounted.
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ config FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
 	default n
 	help
 	  As a size optimization, busybox normally exits without explicitly
-	  freeing dynamically allocated memory or closing files.  This saves
+	  freeing dynamically allocated memory or closing files. This saves
 	  space since the OS will clean up for us, but it can confuse debuggers
 	  like valgrind, which report tons of memory and resource leaks.
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ config FEATURE_SUID
 	  If you're really paranoid and don't want to do this, build two
 	  busybox binaries with different applets in them (and the appropriate
 	  symlinks pointing to each binary), and only set the suid bit on the
-	  one that needs it.  The applets currently marked to need the suid bit
+	  one that needs it. The applets currently marked to need the suid bit
 	  are login, passwd, su, ping, traceroute, crontab, dnsd, ipcrm, ipcs,
 	  and vlock.
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ config FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG
 	depends on FEATURE_SUID
 	help
 	  Allow the SUID / SGID state of an applet to be determined at runtime
-	  by checking /etc/busybox.conf.  (This is sort of a poor man's sudo.)
+	  by checking /etc/busybox.conf. (This is sort of a poor man's sudo.)
 	  The format of this file is as follows:
 
 	  <applet> = [Ssx-][Ssx-][x-] (<username>|<uid>).(<groupname>|<gid>)
@@ -170,11 +170,12 @@ config FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG
 	  An example might help:
 
 	  [SUID]
-	  su = ssx root.0 # applet su can be run by anyone and runs with euid=0/egid=0
+	  su = ssx root.0 # applet su can be run by anyone and runs with
+	                  # euid=0/egid=0
 	  su = ssx        # exactly the same
 
-	  mount = sx- root.disk # applet mount can be run by root and members of group disk
-	                        # and runs with euid=0
+	  mount = sx- root.disk # applet mount can be run by root and members
+	                        # of group disk and runs with euid=0
 
 	  cp = --- # disable applet cp for everyone
 
@@ -193,14 +194,15 @@ config FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG_QUIET
 	default y
 	depends on FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG
 	help
-	  /etc/busybox.conf should be readable by the user needing the SUID, check
-	  this option to avoid users to be notified about missing permissions.
+	  /etc/busybox.conf should be readable by the user needing the SUID,
+	  check this option to avoid users to be notified about missing
+	  permissions.
 
 config SELINUX
 	bool "Support NSA Security Enhanced Linux"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Enable support for SELinux in applets ls, ps, and id.  Also provide
+	  Enable support for SELinux in applets ls, ps, and id. Also provide
 	  the option of compiling in SELinux applets.
 
 	  If you do not have a complete SELinux userland installed, this stuff
@@ -235,9 +237,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH
 	default "/proc/self/exe"
 	help
 	  When Busybox applets need to run other busybox applets, BusyBox
-	  sometimes needs to exec() itself.  When the /proc filesystem is
+	  sometimes needs to exec() itself. When the /proc filesystem is
 	  mounted, /proc/self/exe always points to the currently running
-	  executable.  If you haven't got /proc, set this to wherever you
+	  executable. If you haven't got /proc, set this to wherever you
 	  want to run BusyBox from.
 
 # These are auto-selected by other options
@@ -304,7 +306,7 @@ config BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
 	  busybox code.
 
 	  This feature allows every applet to be built as a tiny
-	  separate executable.  Enabling it for "one big busybox binary"
+	  separate executable. Enabling it for "one big busybox binary"
 	  approach serves no purpose and increases code size.
 	  You should almost certainly say "no" to this.
 
@@ -321,7 +323,7 @@ config BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
 ###	  standalone application which uses libbusybox say 'Y'.
 ###
 ###	  Note: libbusybox is GPL, not LGPL, and exports no stable API that
-###	  might act as a copyright barrier.  We can and will modify the
+###	  might act as a copyright barrier. We can and will modify the
 ###	  exported function set between releases (even minor version number
 ###	  changes), and happily break out-of-tree features.
 ###
@@ -379,11 +381,11 @@ config LFS
 	select FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS
 	help
 	  If you want to build BusyBox with large file support, then enable
-	  this option.  This will have no effect if your kernel or your C
-	  library lacks large file support for large files.  Some of the
+	  this option. This will have no effect if your kernel or your C
+	  library lacks large file support for large files. Some of the
 	  programs that can benefit from large file support include dd, gzip,
-	  cp, mount, tar, and many others.  If you want to access files larger
-	  than 2 Gigabytes, enable this option.  Otherwise, leave it set to 'N'.
+	  cp, mount, tar, and many others. If you want to access files larger
+	  than 2 Gigabytes, enable this option. Otherwise, leave it set to 'N'.
 
 config CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX
 	string "Cross Compiler prefix"
@@ -404,8 +406,8 @@ config DEBUG
 	default n
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you wish to examine BusyBox internals while applets are
-	  running.  This increases the size of the binary considerably, and
-	  should only be used when doing development.  If you are doing
+	  running. This increases the size of the binary considerably, and
+	  should only be used when doing development. If you are doing
 	  development and want to debug BusyBox, answer Y.
 
 	  Most people should answer N.
@@ -417,7 +419,7 @@ config DEBUG_PESSIMIZE
 	help
 	  The compiler's optimization of source code can eliminate and reorder
 	  code, resulting in an executable that's hard to understand when
-	  stepping through it with a debugger.  This switches it off, resulting
+	  stepping through it with a debugger. This switches it off, resulting
 	  in a much bigger executable that more closely matches the source
 	  code.
 
@@ -434,27 +436,28 @@ choice
 	default NO_DEBUG_LIB
 	help
 	  Using an additional debugging library will make BusyBox become
-	  considerable larger and will cause it to run more slowly.  You
+	  considerable larger and will cause it to run more slowly. You
 	  should always leave this option disabled for production use.
 
 	  dmalloc support:
 	  ----------------
 	  This enables compiling with dmalloc ( http://dmalloc.com/ )
 	  which is an excellent public domain mem leak and malloc problem
-	  detector.  To enable dmalloc, before running busybox you will
+	  detector. To enable dmalloc, before running busybox you will
 	  want to properly set your environment, for example:
 	    export DMALLOC_OPTIONS=debug=0x34f47d83,inter=100,log=logfile
 	  The 'debug=' value is generated using the following command
-	    dmalloc -p log-stats -p log-non-free -p log-bad-space -p log-elapsed-time \
-	       -p check-fence -p check-heap -p check-lists -p check-blank \
-	       -p check-funcs -p realloc-copy -p allow-free-null
+	    dmalloc -p log-stats -p log-non-free -p log-bad-space \
+	       -p log-elapsed-time -p check-fence -p check-heap \
+	       -p check-lists -p check-blank -p check-funcs -p realloc-copy \
+	       -p allow-free-null
 
 	  Electric-fence support:
 	  -----------------------
-	  This enables compiling with Electric-fence support.  Electric
+	  This enables compiling with Electric-fence support. Electric
 	  fence is another very useful malloc debugging library which uses
 	  your computer's virtual memory hardware to detect illegal memory
-	  accesses.  This support will make BusyBox be considerable larger
+	  accesses. This support will make BusyBox be considerable larger
 	  and run slower, so you should leave this option disabled unless
 	  you are hunting a hard to find memory problem.
 
@@ -476,7 +479,7 @@ config INCLUDE_SUSv2
 	help
 	  This option will enable backwards compatibility with SuSv2,
 	  specifically, old-style numeric options ('command -1 <file>')
-	  will be supported in head, tail, and fold.  (Note: should
+	  will be supported in head, tail, and fold. (Note: should
 	  affect renice too.)
 
 config PARSE
@@ -509,8 +512,8 @@ config INSTALL_APPLET_SYMLINKS
 config INSTALL_APPLET_HARDLINKS
 	bool "as hard-links"
 	help
-	  Install applets as hard-links to the busybox binary. This might count
-	  on a filesystem with few inodes.
+	  Install applets as hard-links to the busybox binary. This might
+	  count on a filesystem with few inodes.
 
 config INSTALL_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPERS
 	bool "as script wrappers"
@@ -546,7 +549,8 @@ config INSTALL_SH_APPLET_HARDLINK
 config INSTALL_SH_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPER
 	bool "as script wrapper"
 	help
-	  Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that call the busybox binary.
+	  Install /bin/sh applet as script wrapper that call the busybox
+	  binary.
 
 endchoice
 
diff --git a/archival/Config.in b/archival/Config.in
index 5d5087bce..b26be6486 100644
--- a/archival/Config.in
+++ b/archival/Config.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config AR
 	default n
 	help
 	  ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
-	  extract contents from archives.  An archive is a single file holding
+	  extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding
 	  a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to
 	  retrieve the original individual files (called archive members).
 	  The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner,
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ config FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES
 	default n
 	depends on AR
 	help
-	  By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of the
-	  filename, this option removes that limitation.
+	  By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of
+	  the filename, this option removes that limitation.
 	  It supports the GNU ar long filename method which moves multiple long
 	  filenames into a the data section of a new ar entry.
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ config BUNZIP2
 	default n
 	help
 	  bunzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
-	  sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding.  Compression
+	  sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
 	  is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
 	  conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the
 	  performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config BZIP2
 	default n
 	help
 	  bzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
-	  sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding.  Compression
+	  sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
 	  is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
 	  conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the
 	  performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ config CPIO
 	bool "cpio"
 	default n
 	help
-	  cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and extract
-	  contents from archives.
+	  cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
+	  extract contents from archives.
 	  cpio has 110 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
 
 	  This implementation of cpio can extract cpio archives created in the
 	  "newc" or "crc" format, it cannot create or modify them.
 
-	  Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you should
-	  probably say N here.
+	  Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you
+	  should probably say N here.
 
 config FEATURE_CPIO_O
 	bool "Support for archive creation"
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ config DPKG_DEB
 	bool "dpkg_deb"
 	default n
 	help
-	  dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian archives.
+	  dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian
+	  archives.
 
 	  This implementation of dpkg-deb cannot pack archives.
 
@@ -112,9 +113,10 @@ config FEATURE_DPKG_DEB_EXTRACT_ONLY
 	default n
 	depends on DPKG_DEB
 	help
-	  This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx".
-	  However it saves space as none of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are
-	  needed, they are linked to internally.
+	  This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of
+	  "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx". However it saves space as none
+	  of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are needed, they are linked
+	  to internally.
 
 config GUNZIP
 	bool "gunzip"
@@ -240,8 +242,9 @@ config FEATURE_TAR_OLDSUN_COMPATIBILITY
 	depends on TAR
 	help
 	  This option is required to unpack archives created by some old
-	  version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed arithmetic).
-	  It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old" tarballs still exist.
+	  version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed
+	  arithmetic). It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old"
+	  tarballs still exist.
 
 config FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
 	bool "Support for GNU tar extensions (long filenames)"
@@ -281,7 +284,7 @@ config UNLZMA
 	default n
 	help
 	  unlzma is a compression utility using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain
-	  compression algorithm, and range coding.  Compression
+	  compression algorithm, and range coding. Compression
 	  is generally considerably better than that achieved by the bzip2
 	  compressors.
 
@@ -322,18 +325,19 @@ config FEATURE_DEB_TAR_GZ
 	help
 	  This is the default compression method inside the debian ar file.
 
-	  If you want compatibility with standard .deb's you should say yes here.
+	  If you want compatibility with standard .deb's you should say yes
+	  here.
 
 config FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2
 	bool "bzip2 debian packages"
 	default n
 	depends on DPKG || DPKG_DEB
 	help
-	  This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed internally
-	  with bzip2 instead of gzip.
+	  This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed
+	  internally with bzip2 instead of gzip.
 
-	  You only want this if you are creating your own custom debian packages that
-	  use an internal control.tar.bz2 or data.tar.bz2.
+	  You only want this if you are creating your own custom debian
+	  packages that use an internal control.tar.bz2 or data.tar.bz2.
 
 config FEATURE_DEB_TAR_LZMA
 	bool "lzma debian packages"
diff --git a/coreutils/Config.in b/coreutils/Config.in
index b01980d9a..413839035 100644
--- a/coreutils/Config.in
+++ b/coreutils/Config.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config BASENAME
 	default n
 	help
 	  basename is used to strip the directory and suffix from filenames,
-	  leaving just the filename itself.  Enable this option if you wish
+	  leaving just the filename itself. Enable this option if you wish
 	  to enable the 'basename' utility.
 
 config CAL
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ config CAT
 	default n
 	help
 	  cat is used to concatenate files and print them to the standard
-	  output.  Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'cat' utility.
+	  output. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'cat' utility.
 
 config CATV
 	bool "catv"
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ config FEATURE_DD_SIGNAL_HANDLING
 	  print to standard error the number of records read and written
 	  so far, then to resume copying.
 
-	  $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null& pid=$! $ kill -USR1 $pid; sleep 1; kill $pid
+	  $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null&
+	  $ pid=$! kill -USR1 $pid; sleep 1; kill $pid
 	  10899206+0 records in 10899206+0 records out
 
 config FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ config EXPR_MATH_SUPPORT_64
 	default n
 	depends on EXPR
 	help
-	  Enable 64-bit math support in the expr applet.  This will make
+	  Enable 64-bit math support in the expr applet. This will make
 	  the applet slightly larger, but will allow computation with very
 	  large numbers.
 
@@ -548,8 +549,8 @@ config FEATURE_SORT_BIG
 	depends on SORT
 	help
 	  Without this, sort only supports -r, -u, and an integer version
-	  of -n.  Selecting this adds sort keys, floating point support, and
-	  more.  This adds a little over 3k to a nonstatic build on x86.
+	  of -n. Selecting this adds sort keys, floating point support, and
+	  more. This adds a little over 3k to a nonstatic build on x86.
 
 	  The SuSv3 sort standard is available at:
 	  http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/sort.html
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@ config FEATURE_STAT_FORMAT
 	depends on STAT
 	help
 	  Without this, stat will not support the '-c format' option where
-	  users can pass a custom format string for output.  This adds about
+	  users can pass a custom format string for output. This adds about
 	  7k to a nonstatic build on amd64.
 
 config STTY
@@ -642,7 +643,7 @@ config TEST
 	default n
 	help
 	  test is used to check file types and compare values,
-	  returning an appropriate exit code.  The bash shell
+	  returning an appropriate exit code. The bash shell
 	  has test built in, ash can build it in optionally.
 
 config FEATURE_TEST_64
@@ -753,7 +754,7 @@ config FEATURE_WC_LARGE
 	default n
 	depends on WC
 	help
-	  Use "unsigned long long" in wc for count variables
+	  Use "unsigned long long" in wc for count variables.
 
 config WHO
 	bool "who"
diff --git a/debianutils/Config.in b/debianutils/Config.in
index f1b73b645..4ed00ddfa 100644
--- a/debianutils/Config.in
+++ b/debianutils/Config.in
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ config RUN_PARTS
 	  It is useful to set up a directory like cron.daily, where you need to
 	  execute all the scripts in that directory.
 
-	  In this implementation of run-parts some features (such as report mode)
-	  are not implemented.
+	  In this implementation of run-parts some features (such as report
+	  mode) are not implemented.
 
 	  Unless you know that run-parts is used in some of your scripts
 	  you can safely say N here.
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/Config.in b/e2fsprogs/Config.in
index fe8d03150..9a0088ab5 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/Config.in
+++ b/e2fsprogs/Config.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config LSATTR
 ###	bool "mke2fs"
 ###	default n
 ###	help
-###	  mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem.  The normal compat
+###	  mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem. The normal compat
 ###	  symlinks 'mkfs.ext2' and 'mkfs.ext3' are also provided.
 
 ### config TUNE2FS
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in
index 0062b2fe3..5990f556c 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in
+++ b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/Config.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config MKE2FS
 	bool "mke2fs"
 	default n
 	help
-	  mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem.  The normal compat
+	  mke2fs is used to create an ext2/ext3 filesystem. The normal compat
 	  symlinks 'mkfs.ext2' and 'mkfs.ext3' are also provided.
 
 config TUNE2FS
diff --git a/editors/Config.in b/editors/Config.in
index 58959aa97..27426bc2e 100644
--- a/editors/Config.in
+++ b/editors/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config AWK
 	bool "awk"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Awk is used as a pattern scanning and processing language.  This is
+	  Awk is used as a pattern scanning and processing language. This is
 	  the BusyBox implementation of that programming language.
 
 config FEATURE_AWK_MATH
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ config ED
 	default n
 	help
 	  The original 1970's Unix text editor, from the days of teletypes.
-	  Small, simple, evil.  Part of SUSv3.  If you're not already using
+	  Small, simple, evil. Part of SUSv3. If you're not already using
 	  this, you don't need it.
 
 config PATCH
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ config VI
 	bool "vi"
 	default n
 	help
-	  'vi' is a text editor.  More specifically, it is the One True
-	  text editor <grin>.  It does, however, have a rather steep
-	  learning curve.  If you are not already comfortable with 'vi'
+	  'vi' is a text editor. More specifically, it is the One True
+	  text editor <grin>. It does, however, have a rather steep
+	  learning curve. If you are not already comfortable with 'vi'
 	  you may wish to use something else.
 
 config FEATURE_VI_MAX_LEN
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ config FEATURE_VI_COLON
 	default y
 	depends on VI
 	help
-	  Enable a limited set of colon commands for vi.  This does not
+	  Enable a limited set of colon commands for vi. This does not
 	  provide an "ex" mode.
 
 config FEATURE_VI_YANKMARK
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ config FEATURE_VI_USE_SIGNALS
 	default y
 	depends on VI
 	help
-	  Selecting this option will make busybox vi signal aware.  This will
+	  Selecting this option will make busybox vi signal aware. This will
 	  make busybox vi support SIGWINCH to deal with Window Changes, catch
 	  Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-C and alarms.
 
diff --git a/findutils/Config.in b/findutils/Config.in
index a830394a0..9bb73d3f3 100644
--- a/findutils/Config.in
+++ b/findutils/Config.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config FEATURE_FIND_PRINT0
 	depends on FIND
 	help
 	  Causes output names to be separated by a null character
-	  rather than a newline.  This allows names that contain
+	  rather than a newline. This allows names that contain
 	  newlines and other whitespace to be more easily
 	  interpreted by other programs.
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ config FEATURE_GREP_EGREP_ALIAS
 	default y
 	depends on GREP
 	help
-	  Enabled support for extended regular expressions.  Extended
+	  Enabled support for extended regular expressions. Extended
 	  regular expressions allow for alternation (foo|bar), grouping,
 	  and various repetition operators.
 
diff --git a/init/Config.in b/init/Config.in
index a1684d45d..c26c4c5e6 100644
--- a/init/Config.in
+++ b/init/Config.in
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ config FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
 	help
 	  If this option is enabled and the file /.init_enable_core
 	  exists, then init will call setrlimit() to allow unlimited
-	  core file sizes.  If this option is disabled, processes
+	  core file sizes. If this option is disabled, processes
 	  will not generate any core files.
 
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ config FEATURE_INITRD
 	default y
 	depends on INIT
 	help
-	  Legacy support for running init under the old-style initrd.  Allows
+	  Legacy support for running init under the old-style initrd. Allows
 	  the name linuxrc to act as init, and it doesn't assume init is PID 1.
 
 	  This does not apply to initramfs, which runs /init as PID 1 and
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ config MESG
 	bool "mesg"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Mesg controls access to your terminal by others.  It is typically
+	  Mesg controls access to your terminal by others. It is typically
 	  used to allow or disallow other users to write to your terminal
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/libbb/Config.in b/libbb/Config.in
index 5bf0d2ea2..f5b804ff8 100644
--- a/libbb/Config.in
+++ b/libbb/Config.in
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config FEATURE_EDITING_VI
 	default n
 	depends on FEATURE_EDITING
 	help
-	  Enable vi-style line editing.  In shells, this mode can be
+	  Enable vi-style line editing. In shells, this mode can be
 	  turned on and off with "set -o vi" and "set +o vi".
 
 config FEATURE_EDITING_HISTORY
diff --git a/loginutils/Config.in b/loginutils/Config.in
index d3ad400a8..aca85a1ba 100644
--- a/loginutils/Config.in
+++ b/loginutils/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
 	bool "Support for shadow passwords"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow.  This file is only
+	  Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only
 	  readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer
 	  publicly readable.
 
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ config USE_BB_PWD_GRP
 	default n
 	help
 	  If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password
-	  and group functions.  And if you are using the GNU C library
+	  and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
 	  (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
 	  configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
-	  order for the password and group functions to work.  This generally
+	  order for the password and group functions to work. This generally
 	  makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
 
 	  Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
 	  system's /etc/password, /etc/group files (and your system will be
 	  smaller, and I will get fewer emails asking about how glibc NSS
-	  works).  When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use
-	  PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot.  And if you
+	  works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use
+	  PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you
 	  want hostname resolution to work with glibc, you still need the
 	  /lib/libnss_* libraries.
 
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ config USE_BB_SHADOW
 	depends on USE_BB_PWD_GRP && FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
 	help
 	  If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow
-	  password handling functions.  And if you are using the GNU C library
+	  password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
 	  (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
 	  configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
-	  order for the shadow password functions to work.  This generally
+	  order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally
 	  makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
 
 	  Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
-	  system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords.  This
+	  system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This
 	  makes your system smaller (and I will get fewer emails asking about
-	  how glibc NSS works).  When this option is enabled, you will not be
+	  how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be
 	  able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP
 	  password servers and whatnot.
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ config USE_BB_CRYPT
 	  standard C library functions.
 
 	  If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's
-	  crypt functions.  Most C libraries use large (~70k)
+	  crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k)
 	  static buffers there, and also combine them with more general
 	  DES encryption/decryption.
 
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ config PASSWD
 	select FEATURE_SUID
 	select FEATURE_SYSLOG
 	help
-	  passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts.  A normal user
+	  passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user
 	  may only change the password for his/her own account, the super user
-	  may change the password for any account.  The administrator of a group
+	  may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group
 	  may change the password for the group.
 
 	  Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in
index 2a80e6148..0c80ae6e9 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ config CROND
 	help
 	  Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab
 	  files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question.
-	  This is a port of dcron from slackware.  It uses files of the
+	  This is a port of dcron from slackware. It uses files of the
 	  format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example:
 	      $ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
 	      # Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day:
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ config CRONTAB
 	default n
 	select FEATURE_SUID
 	help
-	  Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user.  Only
+	  Crontab manipulates the crontab for a particular user. Only
 	  the superuser may specify a different user and/or crontab directory.
 	  Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
 	  work properly.
@@ -185,14 +185,14 @@ config FEATURE_DEVFS
 	  This is obsolete and will be going away at the end of 2008..
 
 	  This tells busybox to look for names like /dev/loop/0 instead of
-	  /dev/loop0.  If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
+	  /dev/loop0. If your /dev directory has normal names instead of
 	  devfs names, you don't want this.
 
 config EJECT
 	bool "eject"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Used to eject cdroms.  (defaults to /dev/cdrom)
+	  Used to eject cdroms. (defaults to /dev/cdrom)
 
 config FEATURE_EJECT_SCSI
 	bool "SCSI support"
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ config HDPARM
 	bool "hdparm"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Get/Set hard drive parameters.  Primarily intended for ATA
-	  drives.  Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the
+	  Get/Set hard drive parameters. Primarily intended for ATA
+	  drives. Adds about 13k (or around 30k if you enable the
 	  FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY option)....
 
 config FEATURE_HDPARM_GET_IDENTITY
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_TRISTATE_HWIF
 	depends on HDPARM
 	help
 	  Enables the 'hdparm -x' option to tristate device for hotswap,
-	  and the '-b' option to get/set bus state.  This is dangerous
+	  and the '-b' option to get/set bus state. This is dangerous
 	  stuff, so you should probably say N.
 
 config FEATURE_HDPARM_HDIO_GETSET_DMA
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ config MT
 	bool "mt"
 	default n
 	help
-	  mt is used to control tape devices.  You can use the mt utility
+	  mt is used to control tape devices. You can use the mt utility
 	  to advance or rewind a tape past a specified number of archive
 	  files on the tape.
 
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ config READAHEAD
 
 	  This applet just calls the readahead(2) system call on each file.
 	  It is mainly useful in system startup scripts to preload files
-	  or executables before they are used.  When used at the right time
+	  or executables before they are used. When used at the right time
 	  (in particular when a CPU bound process is running) it can
 	  significantly speed up system startup.
 
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ config WATCHDOG
 	default n
 	help
 	  The watchdog utility is used with hardware or software watchdog
-	  device drivers.  It opens the specified watchdog device special file
-	  and periodically writes a magic character to the device.  If the
+	  device drivers. It opens the specified watchdog device special file
+	  and periodically writes a magic character to the device. If the
 	  watchdog applet ever fails to write the magic character within a
 	  certain amount of time, the watchdog device assumes the system has
 	  hung, and will cause the hardware to reboot.
diff --git a/modutils/Config.in b/modutils/Config.in
index 453b195c9..f76a0820e 100644
--- a/modutils/Config.in
+++ b/modutils/Config.in
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ config FEATURE_INSMOD_VERSION_CHECKING
 	default n
 	depends on INSMOD && FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
 	help
-	  Support checking of versions for modules.  This is used to
+	  Support checking of versions for modules. This is used to
 	  ensure that the kernel and module are made for each other.
 
 config FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ config FEATURE_INSMOD_KSYMOOPS_SYMBOLS
 	depends on INSMOD && FEATURE_2_4_MODULES
 	help
 	  By adding module symbols to the kernel symbol table, Oops messages
-	  occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged.  By enabling
+	  occuring within kernel modules can be properly debugged. By enabling
 	  this feature, module symbols will always be added to the kernel symbol
-	  table for properly debugging support.  If you are not interested in
+	  table for properly debugging support. If you are not interested in
 	  Oops messages from kernel modules, say N.
 
 config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOADINKMEM
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ config FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP_FULL
 	depends on FEATURE_INSMOD_LOAD_MAP
 	help
 	  Without this option, -m will only output section
-	  load map.  With this option, -m will also output
+	  load map. With this option, -m will also output
 	  symbols load map.
 
 config RMMOD
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ config FEATURE_CHECK_TAINTED_MODULE
 	default y
 	depends on INSMOD || LSMOD
 	help
-	  Support checking for tainted modules.  These are usually binary
+	  Support checking for tainted modules. These are usually binary
 	  only modules that will make the linux-kernel list ignore your
 	  support request.
 	  This option is required to support GPLONLY modules.
diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index fb6988b41..5f38062c6 100644
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ config FEATURE_HTTPD_ENCODE_URL_STR
 	depends on HTTPD
 	help
 	  This option allows html encoding of arbitrary strings for display
-	  by the browser.  Output goes to stdout.
+	  by the browser. Output goes to stdout.
 	  For example, httpd -e "<Hello World>" produces
 	  "&#60Hello&#32World&#62".
 
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ config FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP
 	default n
 	depends on IFCONFIG
 	help
-	  Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP.  If you're not
+	  Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not
 	  planning on using serial lines, leave this unchecked.
 
 config FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ config FEATURE_IFCONFIG_HW
 	depends on IFCONFIG
 	help
 	  Set the hardware address of this interface, if the device driver
-	  supports  this  operation.  Currently, we only support the 'ether'
+	  supports  this  operation. Currently, we only support the 'ether'
 	  class.
 
 config FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS
@@ -303,15 +303,15 @@ config IFUPDOWN
 	bool "ifupdown"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces.  This applet makes
+	  Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes
 	  use of either "ifconfig" and "route" or the "ip" command to actually
-	  configure network interfaces.  Therefore, you will probably also want
+	  configure network interfaces. Therefore, you will probably also want
 	  to enable either IFCONFIG and ROUTE, or enable
-	  FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various IP options.  Of
+	  FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various IP options. Of
 	  course you could use non-busybox versions of these programs, so
 	  against my better judgement (since this will surely result in plenty
 	  of support questions on the mailing list), I do not force you to
-	  enable these additional options.  It is up to you to supply either
+	  enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either
 	  "ifconfig", "route" and "run-parts" or the "ip" command, either
 	  via busybox or via standalone utilities.
 
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ config IP
 	default n
 	help
 	  The "ip" applet is a TCP/IP interface configuration and routing
-	  utility.  You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with
+	  utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with
 	  TCP/IP.
 
 config FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS
@@ -558,7 +558,8 @@ config FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY
 	default y
 	depends on IPCALC
 	help
-	  Adds the options hostname, prefix and silent to the output of "ipcalc".
+	  Adds the options hostname, prefix and silent to the output of
+	  "ipcalc".
 
 config FEATURE_IPCALC_LONG_OPTIONS
 	bool "Enable long options"
@@ -688,7 +689,8 @@ config SLATTACH
 	bool "slattach"
 	default n
 	help
-	  slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial lines.
+	  slattach is a small utility to attach network interfaces to serial
+	  lines.
 
 config TELNET
 	bool "telnet"
@@ -703,7 +705,7 @@ config FEATURE_TELNET_TTYPE
 	depends on TELNET
 	help
 	  Setting this option will forward the TERM environment variable to the
-	  remote host you are connecting to.  This is useful to make sure that
+	  remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that
 	  things like ANSI colors and other control sequences behave.
 
 config FEATURE_TELNET_AUTOLOGIN
@@ -722,9 +724,9 @@ config TELNETD
 	select FEATURE_SYSLOG
 	help
 	  A daemon for the TELNET protocol, allowing you to log onto the host
-	  running the daemon.  Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol
-	  sends passwords in plain text.  If you can't afford the space for an
-	  SSH daemon and you trust your network, you may say 'y' here.  As a
+	  running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol
+	  sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for an
+	  SSH daemon and you trust your network, you may say 'y' here. As a
 	  more secure alternative, you should seriously consider installing the
 	  very small Dropbear SSH daemon instead:
 		http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
@@ -750,7 +752,7 @@ config TELNETD
 		  mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
 
 	  You need to be sure that Busybox has LOGIN and
-	  FEATURE_SUID enabled.  And finally, you should make
+	  FEATURE_SUID enabled. And finally, you should make
 	  certain that Busybox has been installed setuid root:
 
 		chown root.root /bin/busybox
@@ -770,7 +772,7 @@ config TFTP
 	bool "tftp"
 	default n
 	help
-	  This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol client program.  TFTP
+	  This enables the Trivial File Transfer Protocol client program. TFTP
 	  is usually used for simple, small transfers such as a root image
 	  for a network-enabled bootloader.
 
@@ -789,7 +791,7 @@ config FEATURE_TFTP_GET
 	default y
 	depends on TFTP || TFTPD
 	help
-	  Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client.  This allows
+	  Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows
 	  a client to retrieve a file from a TFTP server.
 	  Also enable upload support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected.
 
@@ -798,7 +800,7 @@ config FEATURE_TFTP_PUT
 	default y
 	depends on TFTP || TFTPD
 	help
-	  Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client.  This allows
+	  Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows
 	  a client to transfer a file to a TFTP server.
 	  Also enable download support in tftpd, if tftpd is selected.
 
@@ -815,7 +817,7 @@ config DEBUG_TFTP
 	default n
 	depends on TFTP
 	help
-	  Enable debug settings for tftp.  This is useful if you're running
+	  Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running
 	  into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when
 	  you run into problems.
 
@@ -830,7 +832,7 @@ config FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
 	default n
 	depends on TRACEROUTE
 	help
-	  Add some verbosity to traceroute.  This includes amongst other things
+	  Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things
 	  hostnames and ICMP response types.
 
 config FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_SOURCE_ROUTE
@@ -900,12 +902,14 @@ config TCPSVD
 	bool "tcpsvd"
 	default n
 	help
-	  tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new connection
+	  tcpsvd listens on a TCP port and runs a program for each new
+	  connection.
 
 config UDPSVD
 	bool "udpsvd"
 	default n
 	help
-	  udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new connection
+	  udpsvd listens on an UDP port and runs a program for each new
+	  connection.
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/procps/Config.in b/procps/Config.in
index 585893ed8..642ebd015 100644
--- a/procps/Config.in
+++ b/procps/Config.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config FUSER
 	default n
 	help
 	  fuser lists all PIDs (Process IDs) that currently have a given
-	  file open.  fuser can also list all PIDs that have a given network
+	  file open. fuser can also list all PIDs that have a given network
 	  (TCP or UDP) port open.
 
 config KILL
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ config KILL
 	default n
 	help
 	  The command kill sends the specified signal to the specified
-	  process or process group.  If no signal is specified, the TERM
+	  process or process group. If no signal is specified, the TERM
 	  signal is sent.
 
 config KILLALL
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ config KILLALL
 	depends on KILL
 	help
 	  killall sends a signal to all processes running any of the
-	  specified commands.  If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is
+	  specified commands. If no signal name is specified, SIGTERM is
 	  sent.
 
 config KILLALL5
diff --git a/shell/Config.in b/shell/Config.in
index 797200229..f4a9e7b1c 100644
--- a/shell/Config.in
+++ b/shell/Config.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ config ASH
 	help
 	  Tha 'ash' shell adds about 60k in the default configuration and is
 	  the most complete and most pedantically correct shell included with
-	  busybox.  This shell is actually a derivative of the Debian 'dash'
+	  busybox. This shell is actually a derivative of the Debian 'dash'
 	  shell (by Herbert Xu), which was created by porting the 'ash' shell
 	  (written by Kenneth Almquist) from NetBSD.
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ config ASH_MATH_SUPPORT_64
 	default n
 	depends on ASH_MATH_SUPPORT
 	help
-	  Enable 64-bit math support in the ash shell.  This will make
+	  Enable 64-bit math support in the ash shell. This will make
 	  the shell slightly larger, but will allow computation with very
 	  large numbers.
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ config HUSH
 	default n
 	help
 	  hush is a very small shell (just 18k) and it has fairly complete
-	  Bourne shell grammar.  It even handles all the normal flow control
+	  Bourne shell grammar. It even handles all the normal flow control
 	  options such as if/then/elif/else/fi, for/in/do/done, while loops,
 	  etc.
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ config MSH
 	help
 	  The minix shell (adds just 30k) is quite complete and handles things
 	  like for/do/done, case/esac and all the things you expect a Bourne
-	  shell to do.  It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne
+	  shell to do. It is not always pedantically correct about Bourne
 	  shell grammar (try running the shell testscript "tests/sh.testcases"
 	  on it and compare vs bash) but for most things it works quite well.
 	  It also uses only vfork, so it can be used on uClinux systems.
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ config FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE
 	depends on (MSH || LASH || HUSH || ASH) && FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
 	help
 	  This option causes busybox shells to use busybox applets
-	  in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible.  For
+	  in preference to executables in the PATH whenever possible. For
 	  example, entering the command 'ifconfig' into the shell would cause
-	  busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet.  Specifying the fully
+	  busybox to use the ifconfig busybox applet. Specifying the fully
 	  qualified executable name, such as '/sbin/ifconfig' will still
-	  execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem.  This option
+	  execute the /sbin/ifconfig executable on the filesystem. This option
 	  is generally used when creating a statically linked version of busybox
 	  for use as a rescue shell, in the event that you screw up your system.
 
@@ -285,12 +285,12 @@ config FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE
 	  started this way).
 # untrue?
 #	  Note that this will *also* cause applets to take precedence
-#	  over shell builtins of the same name.  So turning this on will
+#	  over shell builtins of the same name. So turning this on will
 #	  eliminate any performance gained by turning on the builtin "echo"
 #	  and "test" commands in ash.
 # untrue?
 #	  Note that when using this option, the shell will attempt to directly
-#	  run '/bin/busybox'.  If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in
+#	  run '/bin/busybox'. If you do not have the busybox binary sitting in
 #	  that exact location with that exact name, this option will not work at
 #	  all.
 
diff --git a/sysklogd/Config.in b/sysklogd/Config.in
index 4312a0572..0664be08d 100644
--- a/sysklogd/Config.in
+++ b/sysklogd/Config.in
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ config SYSLOGD
 	default n
 	help
 	  The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the
-	  significant events that occur on a system.  Every
+	  significant events that occur on a system. Every
 	  message that is logged records the date and time of the
 	  event, and will generally also record the name of the
-	  application that generated the message.  When used in
+	  application that generated the message. When used in
 	  conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel
-	  can also be recorded.  This is terribly useful,
+	  can also be recorded. This is terribly useful,
 	  especially for finding what happened when something goes
-	  wrong.  And something almost always will go wrong if
+	  wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if
 	  you wait long enough....
 
 config FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ config FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG
 	help
 	  When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can
 	  be used to send system log messages to another system
-	  connected via a network.  This allows the remote
+	  connected via a network. This allows the remote
 	  machine to log all the system messages, which can be
 	  terribly useful for reducing the number of serial
-	  cables you use.  It can also be a very good security
+	  cables you use. It can also be a very good security
 	  measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with
 	  by an intruder.
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ config FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
 	  When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
 	  use a circular buffer to record system log messages.
 	  When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite
-	  the oldest messages.  This can be very useful for
+	  the oldest messages. This can be very useful for
 	  systems with little or no permanent storage, since
 	  otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your
 	  entire filesystem, which may cause your system to
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ config LOGREAD
 	depends on FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
 	help
 	  If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost
-	  certainly want to enable this feature as well.  This
+	  certainly want to enable this feature as well. This
 	  utility will allow you to read the messages that are
 	  stored in the syslogd circular buffer.
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ config KLOGD
 	help
 	  klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all
 	  messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages
-	  out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged.  If
+	  out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If
 	  you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel,
 	  you should enable this option.
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ config LOGGER
 	help
 	    The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text
 	    messages to the system log (i.e. the 'syslogd' utility) so
-	    they can be logged.  This is generally used to help locate
+	    they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate
 	    problems that occur within programs and scripts.
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in
index 833a41ff0..86d404ab5 100644
--- a/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ config DMESG
 	bool "dmesg"
 	default n
 	help
-	  dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer.  When the
+	  dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the
 	  Linux kernel prints messages to the system log, they are stored in
-	  the kernel ring buffer.  You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring
+	  the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring
 	  buffer, clear the kernel ring buffer, change the size of the kernel
 	  ring buffer, and change the priority level at which kernel messages
-	  are also logged to the system console.  Enable this option if you
+	  are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you
 	  wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility.
 
 config FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ config FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY
 	depends on DMESG
 	help
 	  If you wish to scrub the syslog level from the output, say 'Y' here.
-	  The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form "<#>".
+	  The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form
+	  "<#>".
 
 	  With this option you will see:
 	    # dmesg
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ config FBSET
 	default n
 	help
 	  fbset is used to show or change the settings of a Linux frame buffer
-	  device.  The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique
-	  interface to access a graphics display.  Enable this option
+	  device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique
+	  interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option
 	  if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility.
 
 config FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
@@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ config FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY
 	depends on FBSET
 	help
 	  This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the
-	  framebuffer size, color depth, etc.  interface to access a graphics
-	  display.  Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
+	  framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics
+	  display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset
 	  options.
 
 config FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE
@@ -70,11 +71,11 @@ config FDFLUSH
 	default n
 	help
 	  fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken
-	  removable media drives.  It is used to make Linux believe that a
+	  removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a
 	  hardware disk-change switch has been actuated, which causes Linux to
-	  forget anything it has cached from the previous media.  If you have
+	  forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have
 	  such a slightly-broken drive, you will need to run fdflush every time
-	  you change a disk.  Most people have working hardware and can safely
+	  you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely
 	  leave this disabled.
 
 config FDFORMAT
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ config FDISK
 	default n
 	help
 	  The fdisk utility is used to divide hard disks into one or more
-	  logical disks, which are generally called partitions.  This utility
+	  logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility
 	  can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style
 	  'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive.
 
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ config FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE
 	depends on FDISK
 	help
 	  Enabling this option allows you to create or change a partition table
-	  and write those changes out to disk.  If you leave this option
+	  and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option
 	  disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table.
 
 config FEATURE_AIX_LABEL
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ config FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED
 	help
 	  Enabling this option allows you to do terribly unsafe things like
 	  define arbitrary drive geometry, move the beginning of data in a
-	  partition, and similarly evil things.  Unless you have a very good
+	  partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good
 	  reason you would be wise to leave this disabled.
 
 config FINDFS
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ config FINDFS
 	select VOLUMEID
 	help
 	  This is similar to the findfs program that is part of the e2fsprogs
-	  package.  However, the e2fsprogs version only support ext2/3.  This
+	  package. However, the e2fsprogs version only support ext2/3. This
 	  version supports those in addition to FAT, swap, and ReiserFS.
 	  WARNING:
 	  With all submodules selected, it will add ~8k to busybox.
@@ -165,11 +166,11 @@ config FREERAMDISK
 	bool "freeramdisk"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Linux allows you to create ramdisks.  This utility allows you to
+	  Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to
 	  delete them and completely free all memory that was used for the
-	  ramdisk.  For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later
+	  ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later
 	  pivot_root, you may want to free the memory that is allocated to the
-	  ramdisk.  If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave
+	  ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave
 	  this disabled.
 
 config FSCK_MINIX
@@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ config FSCK_MINIX
 	default n
 	help
 	  The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
-	  with little overhead.  It is not a journaling filesystem however and
+	  with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and
 	  can experience corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the
-	  power goes off in the middle of a write.  This utility allows you to
+	  power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to
 	  check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix
 	  filesystem.
 
@@ -188,8 +189,8 @@ config MKFS_MINIX
 	default n
 	help
 	  The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem
-	  with little overhead.  If you wish to be able to create minix filesystems
-	  this utility will do the job for you.
+	  with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix
+	  filesystems this utility will do the job for you.
 
 comment "Minix filesystem support"
 	depends on FSCK_MINIX || MKFS_MINIX
@@ -199,9 +200,9 @@ config FEATURE_MINIX2
 	default y
 	depends on FSCK_MINIX || MKFS_MINIX
 	help
-	  If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable this.
-	  If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to be using the
-	  version 2 filesystem support.
+	  If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable
+	  this. If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to
+	  be using the version 2 filesystem support.
 
 config GETOPT
 	bool "getopt"
@@ -209,9 +210,9 @@ config GETOPT
 	help
 	  The getopt utility is used to break up (parse) options in command
 	  lines to make it easy to write complex shell scripts that also check
-	  for legal (and illegal) options.  If you want to write horribly
+	  for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly
 	  complex shell scripts, or use some horribly complex shell script
-	  written by others, this utility may be for you.  Most people will
+	  written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will
 	  wisely leave this disabled.
 
 config HEXDUMP
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ config HWCLOCK
 	default n
 	help
 	  The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock
-	  on a system.  This is primarily used to set the current time on
+	  on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on
 	  shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the
 	  correct time when Linux is _not_ running.
 
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ config FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS
 	default n
 	depends on HWCLOCK && GETOPT_LONG
 	help
-	  By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options.  If you
+	  By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you
 	  are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc)
 	  then enable this option.
 
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ config FEATURE_HWCLOCK_ADJTIME_FHS
 	depends on HWCLOCK
 	help
 	  Starting with FHS 2.3, the adjtime state file is supposed to exist
-	  at /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime instead of /etc/adjtime.  If you wish
+	  at /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime instead of /etc/adjtime. If you wish
 	  to use the FHS behavior, answer Y here, otherwise answer N for the
 	  classic /etc/adjtime path.
 
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ config LOSETUP
 	default n
 	help
 	  losetup is used to associate or detach a loop device with a regular
-	  file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device.  This
+	  file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This
 	  version does not currently support enabling data encryption.
 
 config MDEV
@@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ config FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME_REGEXP
 	default n
 	depends on FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME
 	help
-	  Add support for regular expressions substitutions when renaming device.
+	  Add support for regular expressions substitutions when renaming
+	  device.
 
 config FEATURE_MDEV_EXEC
 	bool "Support command execution at device addition/removal"
@@ -354,9 +356,9 @@ config MKSWAP
 	default n
 	help
 	  The mkswap utility is used to configure a file or disk partition as
-	  Linux swap space.  This allows Linux to use the entire file or
+	  Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or
 	  partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase
-	  the capability of low-memory machines.  This additional memory is
+	  the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is
 	  much slower than real RAM, but can be very helpful at preventing your
 	  applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer.
 	  Once you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable
@@ -377,9 +379,9 @@ config MORE
 	default n
 	help
 	  more is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen
-	  sized page at a time.  If you want to read text that is larger than
+	  sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than
 	  the screen, and you are using anything faster than a 300 baud modem,
-	  you will probably find this utility very helpful.  If you don't have
+	  you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have
 	  any need to reading text files, you can leave this disabled.
 
 config FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
@@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ config FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS
 	depends on MORE || TOP
 	help
 	  This option allows utilities such as 'more' and 'top' to determine
-	  the size of the screen.  If you leave this disabled, your utilities
+	  the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities
 	  that display things on the screen will be especially primitive and
 	  will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be
 	  unable to move the cursor.
@@ -608,10 +610,10 @@ config MOUNT
 	default n
 	help
 	  All files and filesystems in Unix are arranged into one big directory
-	  tree.  The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
-	  particular part of the tree.  A filesystem can either live on a block
+	  tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a
+	  particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block
 	  device, or it can be accessible over the network, as is the case with
-	  NFS filesystems.  Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
+	  NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable
 	  the 'mount' utility.
 
 config FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE
@@ -649,7 +651,7 @@ config FEATURE_MOUNT_LABEL
 	select VOLUMEID
 	help
 	  This allows for specifying a device by label or uuid, rather than by
-	  name.  This feature utilizes the same functionality as findfs.
+	  name. This feature utilizes the same functionality as findfs.
 
 config FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS
 	bool "Support mounting NFS file systems"
@@ -672,7 +674,7 @@ config FEATURE_MOUNT_FLAGS
 	bool "Support lots of -o flags in mount"
 	default y
 	help
-	  Without this, mount only supports ro/rw/remount.  With this, it
+	  Without this, mount only supports ro/rw/remount. With this, it
 	  supports nosuid, suid, dev, nodev, exec, noexec, sync, async, atime,
 	  noatime, diratime, nodiratime, loud, bind, move, shared, slave,
 	  private, unbindable, rshared, rslave, rprivate, and runbindable.
@@ -689,11 +691,11 @@ config PIVOT_ROOT
 	default n
 	help
 	  The pivot_root utility swaps the mount points for the root filesystem
-	  with some other mounted filesystem.  This allows you to do all sorts
+	  with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts
 	  of wild and crazy things with your Linux system and is far more
 	  powerful than 'chroot'.
 
-	  Note: This is for initrd in linux 2.4.  Under initramfs (introduced
+	  Note: This is for initrd in linux 2.4. Under initramfs (introduced
 	  in linux 2.6) use switch_root instead.
 
 config RDATE
@@ -728,7 +730,7 @@ config SETARCH
 	default n
 	help
 	  The linux32 utility is used to create a 32bit environment for the
-	  specified program (usually a shell).  It only makes sense to have
+	  specified program (usually a shell). It only makes sense to have
 	  this util on a system that supports both 64bit and 32bit userland
 	  (like amd64/x86, ppc64/ppc, sparc64/sparc, etc...).
 
@@ -738,9 +740,9 @@ config SWAPONOFF
 	help
 	  This option enables both the 'swapon' and the 'swapoff' utilities.
 	  Once you have created some swap space using 'mkswap', you also need
-	  to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility.  The 'swapoff'
+	  to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff'
 	  utility is used, typically at system shutdown, to disable any swap
-	  space.  If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this
+	  space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this
 	  option disabled.
 
 config FEATURE_SWAPON_PRI
@@ -755,28 +757,28 @@ config SWITCH_ROOT
 	default n
 	help
 	  The switch_root utility is used from initramfs to select a new
-	  root device.  Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of
-	  pivot_root.  (Stop reading here if you don't care why.)
+	  root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of
+	  pivot_root. (Stop reading here if you don't care why.)
 
 	  Booting with initramfs extracts a gzipped cpio archive into rootfs
-	  (which is a variant of ramfs/tmpfs).  Because rootfs can't be moved
-	  or unmounted*, pivot_root will not work from initramfs.  Instead,
+	  (which is a variant of ramfs/tmpfs). Because rootfs can't be moved
+	  or unmounted*, pivot_root will not work from initramfs. Instead,
 	  switch_root deletes everything out of rootfs (including itself),
 	  does a mount --move that overmounts rootfs with the new root, and
 	  then execs the specified init program.
 
 	  * Because the Linux kernel uses rootfs internally as the starting
 	  and ending point for searching through the kernel's doubly linked
-	  list of active mount points.  That's why.
+	  list of active mount points. That's why.
 
 config UMOUNT
 	bool "umount"
 	default n
 	help
-	  When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount point,
-	  for example when you are shutting down the system, the 'umount' utility is
-	  the tool to use.  If you enabled the 'mount' utility, you almost certainly
-	  also want to enable 'umount'.
+	  When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount
+	  point, for example when you are shutting down the system, the
+	  'umount' utility is the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount'
+	  utility, you almost certainly also want to enable 'umount'.
 
 config FEATURE_UMOUNT_ALL
 	bool "Support option -a"
@@ -794,10 +796,11 @@ config FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
 	depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT
 	help
 	  Enabling this feature allows automatic mounting of files (containing
-	  filesystem images) via the linux kernel's loopback devices.  The mount
-	  command will detect you are trying to mount a file instead of a block
-	  device, and transparently associate the file with a loopback device.
-	  The umount command will also free that loopback device.
+	  filesystem images) via the linux kernel's loopback devices.
+	  The mount command will detect you are trying to mount a file instead
+	  of a block device, and transparently associate the file with a
+	  loopback device. The umount command will also free that loopback
+	  device.
 
 	  You can still use the 'losetup' utility (to manually associate files
 	  with loop devices) if you need to do something advanced, such as
@@ -811,9 +814,9 @@ config FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
 	select FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE
 	help
 	  Historically, Unix systems kept track of the currently mounted
-	  partitions in the file "/etc/mtab".  These days, the kernel exports
+	  partitions in the file "/etc/mtab". These days, the kernel exports
 	  the list of currently mounted partitions in "/proc/mounts", rendering
-	  the old mtab file obsolete.  (In modern systems, /etc/mtab should be
+	  the old mtab file obsolete. (In modern systems, /etc/mtab should be
 	  a symlink to /proc/mounts.)
 
 	  The only reason to have mount maintain an /etc/mtab file itself is if
@@ -823,7 +826,7 @@ config FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
 	  features like separate per-process filesystem namespaces, requires
 	  that your /etc directory be writeable, tends to get easily confused
 	  by --bind or --move mounts, won't update if you rename a directory
-	  that contains a mount point, and so on.  (In brief: avoid.)
+	  that contains a mount point, and so on. (In brief: avoid.)
 
 	  About the only reason to use this is if you've removed /proc from
 	  your kernel.