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[kirkstone,3/9] manuals: use "manual page(s)"

Message ID 20240325132737.3018073-4-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com
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Michael Opdenacker March 25, 2024, 1:27 p.m. UTC 
From: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>

Instead of "manpage(s)" or "man page(s)".
To address one of the errors reported by "make stylecheck"

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
---
 documentation/profile-manual/usage.rst | 28 +++++++++++++-------------
 documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst   |  2 +-
 documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/documentation/profile-manual/usage.rst b/documentation/profile-manual/usage.rst
index 912e4c9602..41a2d9ba3f 100644
--- a/documentation/profile-manual/usage.rst
+++ b/documentation/profile-manual/usage.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@  other tools when it seems useful to do so.
 
 The coverage below details some of the most common ways you'll likely
 want to apply the tool; full documentation can be found either within
-the tool itself or in the man pages at
+the tool itself or in the manual pages at
 `perf(1) <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf>`__.
 
 Perf Setup
@@ -1132,37 +1132,37 @@  callgraphs from starting a few programs during those 30 seconds:
 Perf Documentation
 ------------------
 
-Online versions of the man pages for the commands discussed in this
+Online versions of the manual pages for the commands discussed in this
 section can be found here:
 
--  The `'perf stat' manpage <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-stat>`__.
+-  The `'perf stat' manual page <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-stat>`__.
 
 -  The `'perf record'
-   manpage <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-record>`__.
+   manual page <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-record>`__.
 
 -  The `'perf report'
-   manpage <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-report>`__.
+   manual page <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-report>`__.
 
--  The `'perf probe' manpage <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-probe>`__.
+-  The `'perf probe' manual page <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-probe>`__.
 
 -  The `'perf script'
-   manpage <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-script>`__.
+   manual page <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-script>`__.
 
 -  Documentation on using the `'perf script' python
    binding <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf-script-python>`__.
 
--  The top-level `perf(1) manpage <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf>`__.
+-  The top-level `perf(1) manual page <https://linux.die.net/man/1/perf>`__.
 
-Normally, you should be able to invoke the man pages via perf itself
+Normally, you should be able to invoke the manual pages via perf itself
 e.g. ``perf help`` or ``perf help record``.
 
-To have the perf manpages installed on your target, modify your
+To have the perf manual pages installed on your target, modify your
 configuration as follows::
 
    IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " perf perf-doc"
    DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " api-documentation"
 
-The man pages in text form, along with some other files, such as a set
+The manual pages in text form, along with some other files, such as a set
 of examples, can also be found in the ``perf`` directory of the kernel tree::
 
    tools/perf/Documentation
@@ -2369,7 +2369,7 @@  first part of the filenames::
 The report shows each event that was
 found in the blktrace data, along with a summary of the overall block
 I/O traffic during the run. You can look at the
-`blkparse <https://linux.die.net/man/1/blkparse>`__ manpage to learn the
+`blkparse <https://linux.die.net/man/1/blkparse>`__ manual page to learn the
 meaning of each field displayed in the trace listing.
 
 Live Mode
@@ -2566,7 +2566,7 @@  And this turns off tracing for the specified device::
 blktrace Documentation
 ----------------------
 
-Online versions of the man pages for the commands discussed in this
+Online versions of the manual pages for the commands discussed in this
 section can be found here:
 
 -  https://linux.die.net/man/8/blktrace
@@ -2575,7 +2575,7 @@  section can be found here:
 
 -  https://linux.die.net/man/8/btrace
 
-The above manpages, along with manuals for the other blktrace utilities
+The above manual pages, along with manuals for the other blktrace utilities
 (btt, blkiomon, etc) can be found in the ``/doc`` directory of the blktrace
 tools git repo::
 
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
index 05473edcca..e7bf5e9a6e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@  and BusyBox. It could have been called "kconfig" too.
 ``compress_doc``
 ================
 
-Enables compression for man pages and info pages. This class is intended
+Enables compression for manual and info pages. This class is intended
 to be inherited globally. The default compression mechanism is gz (gzip)
 but you can select an alternative mechanism by setting the
 :term:`DOC_COMPRESS` variable.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index ccd1963339..aa1d5f393d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@  system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
    :term:`DOC_COMPRESS`
       When inheriting the :ref:`compress_doc <ref-classes-compress_doc>`
       class, this variable sets the compression policy used when the
-      OpenEmbedded build system compresses man pages and info pages. By
+      OpenEmbedded build system compresses manual and info pages. By
       default, the compression method used is gz (gzip). Other policies
       available are xz and bz2.