gnu packages: Clean up synopses and descriptions.

* gnu/packages/admin.scm, gnu/packages/algebra.scm, gnu/packages/audio.scm,
  gnu/packages/backup.scm, gnu/packages/base.scm, gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm,
  gnu/packages/code.scm, gnu/packages/compression.scm,
  gnu/packages/databases.scm, gnu/packages/enchant.scm,
  gnu/packages/firmware.scm, gnu/packages/fonts.scm,
  gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm, gnu/packages/games.scm, gnu/packages/gd.scm,
  gnu/packages/gl.scm, gnu/packages/gnome.scm, gnu/packages/gsasl.scm,
  gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm, gnu/packages/gtk.scm, gnu/packages/guile.scm,
  gnu/packages/haskell.scm, gnu/packages/language.scm,
  gnu/packages/lesstif.scm, gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm,
  gnu/packages/linux.scm, gnu/packages/llvm.scm, gnu/packages/maths.scm,
  gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm, gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm, gnu/packages/mp3.scm,
  gnu/packages/ncdu.scm, gnu/packages/networking.scm, gnu/packages/ntp.scm,
  gnu/packages/ocaml.scm, gnu/packages/openbox.scm, gnu/packages/pdf.scm,
  gnu/packages/perl.scm, gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm,
  gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm, gnu/packages/python.scm,
  gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm, gnu/packages/rdf.scm, gnu/packages/ruby.scm,
  gnu/packages/slang.scm, gnu/packages/slim.scm, gnu/packages/telephony.scm,
  gnu/packages/tls.scm, gnu/packages/tmux.scm, gnu/packages/tre.scm,
  gnu/packages/unrtf.scm, gnu/packages/version-control.scm,
  gnu/packages/vpn.scm, gnu/packages/web.scm, gnu/packages/wget.scm,
  gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm, gnu/packages/xfce.scm, gnu/packages/xiph.scm:
  Fix typos.  Trim long lines.  Add missing periods in the end of sentences.
  Use double spaces between sentences.  Remove trailing whitespaces.

58 files changed, 175 insertions, 173 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index 5b5659910c..b34a22806b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ allow automatic login and starting any app.")
     (description
      "This package provides the /etc/services, /etc/protocols, and /etc/rpc
 files, which contain information about the IANA-assigned port, protocol, and
-ONC RPC numbers")
+ONC RPC numbers.")
     (home-page "http://packages.debian.org/sid/netbase")
     (license license:gpl2)))
 
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ system is under heavy load.")
                                            (assoc-ref %build-inputs "popt")))
        #:tests? #f))                    ;no 'check' target
     (home-page "http://detox.sourceforge.net")
-    (synopsis "Clean up filenames")
+    (synopsis "Clean up file names")
     (description
      "Detox is a program that renames files to make them easier to work with
 under Unix and related operating systems.  Spaces and various other unsafe
diff --git a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
index e47c405661..95fa57f568 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ arbitrary precision real (mpfr) or complex (mpc) numbers, without control
 on the rounding.  For the time being, only the few functions needed to
 implement the floating point approach to complex multiplication are
 implemented.  On the other hand, these comprise asymptotically fast
-multiplication routines such as Toom–Cook and the FFT. ")
+multiplication routines such as Toom–Cook and the FFT.")
    (license lgpl2.1+)
    (home-page "http://mpfrcx.multiprecision.org/")))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/audio.scm b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
index ff6fb466e3..539dddc220 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/audio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ ALSA PCM devices.")
     (description
      "FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2
 specifications.  FluidSynth reads and handles MIDI events from the MIDI input
-device.  It is the software analogue of a MIDI synthesizer. FluidSynth can
+device.  It is the software analogue of a MIDI synthesizer.  FluidSynth can
 also play midifiles using a Soundfont.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
index 64f1ff0357..79f9548105 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
@@ -237,14 +237,14 @@ random access nor for in-place modification.")
                     (setenv "HOME" (getcwd))
                     (substitute* "testsuite/rdup/rdup.rdup-up-t-with-file.exp"
                       (("/bin/cat") (which "cat"))))
-                  
+
                   %standard-phases))))
     (home-page "http://archive.miek.nl/projects/rdup/index.html")
     (synopsis "Provide a list of files to backup")
     (description
      "Rdup is a utility inspired by rsync and the plan9 way of doing backups.
 Rdup itself does not backup anything, it only print a list of absolute
-filenames to standard output.  Auxiliary scripts are needed that act on this
+file names to standard output.  Auxiliary scripts are needed that act on this
 list and implement the backup strategy.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
@@ -314,5 +314,5 @@ modification times, extended attributes, acls, and resource forks.  Also,
 rdiff-backup can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like
 rsync.  Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive up
 to a remote location, and only the differences will be transmitted.  Finally,
-rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings have sensical defaults.")
+rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings have sensible defaults.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 31331a1080..c5b1a2226a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ differences.")
    (description
     "GNU Diffutils is a package containing tools for finding the
 differences between files.  The \"diff\" command is used to show how two files
-differ, while \"cmp\" shows the offsets and line numbers where they differ. 
+differ, while \"cmp\" shows the offsets and line numbers where they differ.
 \"diff3\" allows you to compare three files.  Finally, \"sdiff\" offers an
 interactive means to merge two files.")
    (license gpl3+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
index f63ed59b8a..47256a4dc7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     (description
      "Transmission is a BitTorrent client that comes with graphical,
 textual, and Web user interfaces.  Transmission also has a daemon for
-unattended operationg.  It supports local peer discovery, full encryption,
+unattended operations.  It supports local peer discovery, full encryption,
 DHT, µTP, PEX and Magnet Links.")
 
     ;; COPYING reads:
diff --git a/gnu/packages/code.scm b/gnu/packages/code.scm
index 38f14380c4..e346f7e0c5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/code.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/code.scm
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     (description
      "GNU cflow analyzes C source files and produces a graph charting the
 control flow of the program.  It can output the graph in several styles and
-in either the POSIX format or in an extended GNU format. cflow also includes
+in either the POSIX format or in an extended GNU format.  cflow also includes
 a major mode for Emacs for examining the flowcharts that it produces.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 84bc92929f..287ae25997 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ than gzip and 15 % smaller output than bzip2.")
     (arguments '(#:configure-flags '("--enable-shared")))
     (home-page "http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo")
     (synopsis
-     "Data compresion library suitable for real-time data de-/compression")
+     "Data compression library suitable for real-time data de-/compression")
     (description
      "LZO is a data compression library which is suitable for data
 de-/compression in real-time.  This means it favours speed over
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ archiving.  Lzip is a clean implementation of the LZMA algorithm.")
     (description
      "GNU sharutils is a package for creating and manipulating shell
 archives that can be readily emailed.  A shell archive is a file that can be
-processed by a Bourne-type shell to unpack the original collection of files. 
+processed by a Bourne-type shell to unpack the original collection of files.
 This package is mostly for compatibility and historical interest.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index 7b1b654088..594ccb24d6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ While based on the concepts used by DBIx::Abstract, the concepts used have
 been modified to make the SQL easier to generate from Perl data structures.
 The underlying idea is for this module to do what you mean, based on the data
 structures you provide it, so that you don't have to modify your code every
-time your data changes")
+time your data changes.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-sql-splitstatement
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ valid SQL query.")
    (version "2.3.2")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
-            (uri 
+            (uri
              (string-append
               "ftp://ftp.unixodbc.org/pub/unixODBC/unixODBC-" version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ valid SQL query.")
    (description "Unixodbc is a library providing an API with which to access
 data sources.  Data sources include SQL Servers and any software with an ODBC
 Driver.")
-   (license lgpl2.1+) 
+   (license lgpl2.1+)
    ;; COPYING contains copy of lgpl2.1 - but copyright notices just say "LGPL"
    (home-page "http://www.unixodbc.org")))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/enchant.scm b/gnu/packages/enchant.scm
index c9e49d9551..8b2796d0e2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/enchant.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/enchant.scm
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ the dlopen() system call.
 Enchant steps in to provide uniformity and conformity on top of these libraries,
 and implement certain features that may be lacking in any individual provider
 library.  Everything should \"just work\" for any and every definition of \"just
-working.\"")
+working\".")
     (home-page "http://www.abisource.com/projects/enchant")
     (license lgpl2.1+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/firmware.scm b/gnu/packages/firmware.scm
index 156f3342d3..bbd8368473 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/firmware.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/firmware.scm
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@
     (synopsis "Firmware for the Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB 802.11n NICs")
     (description
      "This is the firmware for the Qualcomm Atheros AR7010 and AR9271 USB
-802.11n NICs (aka. Wi-Fi USB dongles.)  It is used by the ath9k driver of
+802.11n NICs (aka Wi-Fi USB dongles).  It is used by the ath9k driver of
 Linux-libre.")
     (license (non-copyleft "http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:ClearBSD"))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
index 40b17220b9..f72c542fda 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
@@ -356,8 +356,7 @@ seven weights: ExtraLight, Light, Normal, Regular, Medium, Bold, and Heavy.
 And in several OpenType/CFF-based deployment configurations to accommodate
 various system requirements or limitations.  As the name suggests, Pan-CJK
 fonts are intended to support the characters necessary to render or display
-text in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
-")
+text in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
 (define-public font-wqy-zenhei
diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 996b178234..580096e6a5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ of a the system to know what users are logged in, and where.")
     (synopsis "Implementations of freedesktop.org standards in Python")
     (description
      "PyXDG is a collection of implementations of freedesktop.org standards in
-Python")
+Python.")
     (license license:lgpl2.0)))
 
 (define-public python2-pyxdg
diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index 0db555d4c6..4b88af1238 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ reference interpreter, using Glk API.")
     (synopsis "Z-machine interpreter")
     (description
      "Fizmo is a console-based Z-machine interpreter.  It is used to play
-interactive ficiton, also known as textadventures, which were implemented
+interactive fiction, also known as text adventures, which were implemented
 either by Infocom or created using the Inform compiler.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gd.scm b/gnu/packages/gd.scm
index 725a8e7e9e..55caac9b29 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gd.scm
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ you can create PNG images on the fly or modify existing files.")
      `(("perl-gd" ,perl-gd)
        ("perl-image-magick" ,perl-image-magick)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/GD-SecurityImage")
-    (synopsis "Security image generator.")
+    (synopsis "Security image generator")
     (description "This module provides a basic interface to create
 security (captcha) images.  The final output is the actual graphic data, the
 mime type of the graphic, and the created random string.  The module also has
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gl.scm b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
index 9bb1134d39..a6935d4189 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ the X-Consortium license.")
     (description
      "FTGL is a font rendering library for OpenGL applications.  Supported
 rendering modes are: Bitmaps, Anti-aliased pixmaps, Texture maps, Outlines,
-Polygon meshes, and Extruded polygon meshes")
+Polygon meshes, and Extruded polygon meshes.")
     (license l:x11)))
 
 (define-public s2tc
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index c3a6c5dc9a..74841bc953 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ some form of information without getting in the user's way.")
 every application the chance to assume its own extensibility.  It also has a
 set of features including, but not limited to: multiple extension points; on
 demand (lazy) programming language support for C, Python and JS; simplicity of
-the API")
+the API.")
     (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
 
 (define-public gtkglext
@@ -1235,7 +1235,8 @@ creating interactive structured graphics.")
     (home-page "https://developer.gnome.org/libgnomeui/")
     (synopsis "Additional widgets for applications")
     (description "The libgnomeui library provides additional widgets for
-applications.  Many of the widgets from libgnomeui have already been ported to GTK+.")
+applications.  Many of the widgets from libgnomeui have already been
+ported to GTK+.")
     (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
 
 (define-public libglade
@@ -1821,8 +1822,8 @@ and objects.")
     (synopsis "High-level API for X Keyboard Extension")
     (description
      "LibXklavier is a library providing high-level API for X Keyboard
-Extension known as XKB.  This library is indended to support XFree86 and other
-commercial X servers. It is useful for creating XKB-related software (layout
+Extension known as XKB.  This library is intended to support XFree86 and other
+commercial X servers.  It is useful for creating XKB-related software (layout
 indicators etc).")
     (license license:lgpl2.0+)))
 
@@ -2237,7 +2238,7 @@ output devices.")
 information.  The primary goal of the Geoclue project is to make creating
 location-aware applications as simple as possible, while the secondary goal is
 to ensure that no application can access location information without explicit
-permission from user. ")
+permission from user.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public geocode-glib
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
index 3caeb1a200..ce39aed655 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (synopsis "Library that implements NTLM authentication")
    (description
-    "Libntlm is a library that implements NTLM authentication")
+    "Libntlm is a library that implements NTLM authentication.")
    (license license:lgpl2.1+)
    (home-page "http://www.nongnu.org/libntlm/")))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
index d7296e586b..717388ba00 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ arrays of data.")
     (description
      "GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling
 components.  The applications it supports range from simple Ogg/Vorbis
-playback, audio/video streaming to complex audio (mixing) and video
- (non-linear editing) processing.
+playback, audio/video streaming to complex audio mixing and video
+non-linear editing.
 
 Applications can take advantage of advances in codec and filter technology
 transparently.  Developers can add new codecs and filters by writing a
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ for the GStreamer multimedia library.")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
-      (uri (string-append 
+      (uri (string-append
             "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good-"
             version ".tar.xz"))
       (sha256
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ developers consider to have good quality code and correct functionality.")
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("python-wrapper" ,python-wrapper)))
     (home-page "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/")
-    (synopsis
-     "GStreamer plugins from the \"ugly\" set.")
+    (synopsis "GStreamer plugins from the \"ugly\" set")
     (description "GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins.  This set contains those plug-ins
 which the developers consider to have good quality code but that might pose
 distribution problems in some jurisdictions, e.g. due to patent threats.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index f518992498..d812af08f6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ The cairo API provides operations similar to the drawing operators of
 PostScript and PDF.  Operations in cairo including stroking and filling cubic
 Bézier splines, transforming and compositing translucent images, and
 antialiased text rendering.  All drawing operations can be transformed by any
-affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.)")
+affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.).")
    (license license:lgpl2.1) ; or Mozilla Public License 1.1
    (home-page "http://cairographics.org/")))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index d8c1a8ca35..e85c84aa5a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -457,14 +457,14 @@ http:://json.org specification.  These are the main features:
     (inputs
      `(("guile" ,guile-2.0)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/ijp/minikanren")
-    (synopsis "miniKanren declarative logic system, packaged for Guile")
+    (synopsis "MiniKanren declarative logic system, packaged for Guile")
     (description
      "MiniKanren is a relational programming extension to the Scheme
 programming Language, written as a smaller version of Kanren suitable for
 pedagogical purposes.  It is featured in the book, The Reasoned Schemer,
 written by Dan Friedman, William Byrd, and Oleg Kiselyov.
 
-This is Ian Price's r6rs packaged version of miniKranen, which deviates
+This is Ian Price's r6rs packaged version of miniKanren, which deviates
 slightly from miniKanren mainline.
 
 See http://minikanren.org/ for more on miniKanren generally.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
index 75bbb24479..39664c387b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ and high speed.")
         (base32
          "0xa3j0gwr6k5vizxybnzk5fgb3pppgspi6mysnp2gwjp2dbrxkzr"))))
     (build-system haskell-build-system)
-    (inputs 
+    (inputs
      `(("ghc-quickcheck" ,ghc-quickcheck)))
     (home-page "http://hackage.haskell.org/package/split")
     (synopsis
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ is also parametric in the input stream type.")
         (base32
          "01hc71k1z9m0g0dv4zsvq5d2dvbgyc5p01hryw5c53792yi2fm25"))))
     (build-system haskell-build-system)
-    (inputs 
+    (inputs
      `(("ghc-quickcheck" ,ghc-quickcheck)))
     ;; these inputs are necessary to use this library
     (propagated-inputs
@@ -837,8 +837,8 @@ mutable and immutable), with a powerful loop optimisation framework.")
      `(("ghc-parsec" ,ghc-parsec)))
     (home-page
      "https://github.com/haskell/network-uri")
-    (synopsis "Labrary for URI manipulation")
-    (description "This package provides an URI manipulation inteface.  In
+    (synopsis "Library for URI manipulation")
+    (description "This package provides an URI manipulation interface.  In
 'network-2.6' the 'Network.URI' module was split off from the 'network'
 package into this package.")
     (license bsd-3)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/language.scm b/gnu/packages/language.scm
index f2f1fbc162..b0fa7aa179 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/language.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/language.scm
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ stemmer at http://snowball.sourceforge.net.")
        ("perl-text-unidecode" ,perl-text-unidecode)
        ("perl-namespace-clean" ,perl-namespace-clean)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-ToIdentifier-EN")
-    (synopsis "Convert strings to english program identifiers")
+    (synopsis "Convert strings to English program identifiers")
     (description "This module provides a utility method, \"to_identifier\" for
 converting an arbitrary string into a readable representation using the ASCII
 subset of \"\\w\" for use as an identifier in a computer program.  The intent
@@ -395,6 +395,6 @@ string can be easily inferred by a human just by reading the identifier.")
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-German")
     (synopsis "German grundform reduction")
-    (description "This module is a rather incomplete implementaion of work
+    (description "This module is a rather incomplete implementation of work
 done by Gudrun Putze-Meier.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lesstif.scm b/gnu/packages/lesstif.scm
index d2ad120531..6326cd3a22 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lesstif.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lesstif.scm
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@
         ("libxt" ,libxt)))
     (home-page "http://lesstif.sourceforge.net/")
     (synopsis "Clone of the Motif toolkit for the X window system")
-    (description "Clone of the Motif toolkit for the X window system")
+    (description "Clone of the Motif toolkit for the X window system.")
     (license license:gpl2+))) ; some files are lgpl2.1+ or x11
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm b/gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm
index e105209ade..da7e275e55 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libreoffice.scm
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ patterns, which are pre-processed by a perl script.")
     (synopsis "Thesaurus")
     (description "MyThes is a simple thesaurus that uses a structured text
 data file and an index file with binary search to look up words and phrases
-and to return information on pronunciations, meaningss and synonyms.")
+and to return information on pronunciations, meanings and synonyms.")
     (license (non-copyleft "file://COPYING"
                            "See COPYING in the distribution."))))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 105056d650..71614dee89 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ It has been modified to remove all non-free binary blobs.")
      "A *Free* project to implement OSF's RFC 86.0.
 Pluggable authentication modules are small shared object files that can
 be used through the PAM API to perform tasks, like authenticating a user
-at login.  Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features")
+at login.  Local and dynamic reconfiguration are its key features.")
     (license bsd-3)))
 
 
@@ -2058,10 +2058,10 @@ thanks to the use of namespaces.")
        #:phases (alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)
        #:tests? #f))  ; no test suite
     (home-page "http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/")
-    (synopsis "tune hard disk parameters for high performance")
+    (synopsis "Tune hard disk parameters for high performance")
     (description
      "Get/set device parameters for Linux SATA/IDE drives.  It's primary use
-is for enabling irq-unmasking and IDE multiplemode.")
+is for enabling irq-unmasking and IDE multiple-mode.")
     (license (non-copyleft "file://LICENSE.TXT"))))
 
 (define-public acpid
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ also contains the libsysfs library.")
     (home-page "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/")
     (synopsis "Utilities to get and set CPU frequency on Linux")
     (description
-     "The cpufrequtils suite contains utilities to retreive CPU frequency
+     "The cpufrequtils suite contains utilities to retrieve CPU frequency
 information, and set the CPU frequency if supported, using the cpufreq
 capabilities of the Linux kernel.")
     (license gpl2)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
index 897eab3024..9e06a64092 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
     (home-page "http://www.llvm.org")
     (synopsis "Optimizing compiler infrastructure")
     (description
-     "LLVM is a compiler infrastructure designed for compile-time, link-time, runtime,
-and idle-time optimization of programs from arbitrary programming languages.
-It currently supports compilation of C and C++ programs, using front-ends
-derived from GCC 4.0.1.  A new front-end for the C family of languages is in
-development.  The compiler infrastructure includes mirror sets of programming
-tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.")
+     "LLVM is a compiler infrastructure designed for compile-time, link-time,
+runtime, and idle-time optimization of programs from arbitrary programming
+languages.  It currently supports compilation of C and C++ programs, using
+front-ends derived from GCC 4.0.1.  A new front-end for the C family of
+languages is in development.  The compiler infrastructure includes mirror sets
+of programming tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.")
     (license ncsa)))
 
 (define (clang-from-llvm llvm hash)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index 2d651cb22a..d3654817ae 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ to BMP, JPEG or PNG image formats.")
     (description "Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and
 numerical expressions.  It yields high precision numeric results by using
 exact fractions, arbitrary precision integers, and variable precision floating
-point numbers")
+point numbers.")
     ;; Some files are lgpl2.1+. Some are gpl2+.  Some explicitly state gpl1+.
     ;; Others simply say "GNU General Public License" without stating a
     ;; version (which implicitly means gpl1+).
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ constant parts of it.")
      "OpenLibm is an effort to have a high quality, portable, standalone C
 mathematical library (libm).  It can be used standalone in applications and
 programming language implementations.  The project was born out of a need to
-have a good libm for the Julia programming langage that worked consistently
+have a good libm for the Julia programming language that worked consistently
 across compilers and operating systems, and in 32-bit and 64-bit
 environments.")
     ;; See LICENSE.md for details.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm b/gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm
index ad67302fcc..71cbfd1ff9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mcrypt.scm
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ Algorithms currently supplied are:
 CRC-32, CRC-32B, ALDER-32, MD-2, MD-4, MD-5, RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160,
 RIPEMD-256, RIPEMD-320, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, HAVAL-128,
 HAVAL-160, HAVAL-192, HAVAL-256, TIGER, TIGER-128, TIGER-160, GOST, WHIRLPOOL,
-SNEFRU-128, SNEFRU-256")
+SNEFRU-128, SNEFRU-256.")
     (license gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm b/gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm
index 716d95bcd2..b79d4d34bc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mit-krb5.scm
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
     (description
      "Massachusetts Institute of Technology implementation of Kerberos.
 Kerberos is a network authentication protocol designed to provide strong
-authentication for client/server applications by using secret-key cryptography.")
+authentication for client/server applications by using secret-key
+cryptography.")
     (license (non-copyleft "file://NOTICE"
-                        "See NOTICE in the distribution."))
+                           "See NOTICE in the distribution."))
     (home-page "http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
index c7efbae8c1..163e075f18 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ This package contains the library.")
    (synopsis "Library for reading ID3 tags")
    (description
     "Libid3tag is a library for reading ID3 tags, both ID3v1 and the various
-versions of ID3v2")
+versions of ID3v2.")
    (license license:gpl2+)
    (home-page "http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/")))
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Speex, WavPack TrueAudio, WAV, AIFF, MP4 and ASF files.")
     (synopsis "MP3 technical info viewer and ID3 1.x tag editor")
     (description
      "MP3Info is a little utility used to read and modify the ID3 tags of MP3
-files.  MP3Info can also display various techincal aspects of an MP3 file
+files.  MP3Info can also display various technical aspects of an MP3 file
 including playing time, bit-rate, sampling frequency and other attributes in a
 pre-defined or user-specifiable output format.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ pre-defined or user-specifiable output format.")
              ("libmad" ,libmad)
              ("libogg" ,libogg)
              ("libltdl" ,libltdl)
-             ("libvorbid" ,libvorbis)
+             ("libvorbis" ,libvorbis)
              ("pcre" ,pcre)))
    (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ pre-defined or user-specifiable output format.")
    (description
     "Mp3splt is a utility to split mp3 and ogg vorbis files selecting a begin
 and an end time position, without decoding.  For splitting an album, one may
-select split points and filenames manually or obtain them automatically from
+select split points and file names manually or obtain them automatically from
 CDDB (internet or a local file) or from .cue files.  The tool also supports
 automatic silence split, that can be used also to adjust cddb/cue splitpoints.
 
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ This package contains the library.")
               "106dnka56prlc9nsfh300f8841am2lmkwlzgl9lkr25mgnc35wwh"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("libmp3splt" ,libmp3splt)))
-   (synopsis "Utiliy for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
+   (synopsis "Utility for splitting mp3 and ogg vorbis files")
    (description
     "Mp3splt is a utility to split mp3 and ogg vorbis files selecting a begin
 and an end time position, without decoding.  For splitting an album, one may
-select split points and filenames manually or obtain them automatically from
+select split points and file names manually or obtain them automatically from
 CDDB (internet or a local file) or from .cue files.  The tool also supports
 automatic silence split, that can be used also to adjust cddb/cue splitpoints.
 
@@ -444,5 +444,5 @@ format.")
     (synopsis "Audio player for Musepack-formatted files")
     (description
      "Mpc123 is a command-line player for files in the Musepack audio
-compression format (.mpc files.)")
+compression format (.mpc files).")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ncdu.scm b/gnu/packages/ncdu.scm
index 7052567530..6c3d6178c3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ncdu.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ncdu.scm
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (synopsis "Ncurses based disk usage analyzer")
    (description "A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface, aimed to be
-run on a remote server where you don't have an entire gaphical setup, but have
+run on a remote server where you don't have an entire graphical setup, but have
 to do with a simple SSH connection. ncdu aims to be fast, simple and easy to
 use, and should be able to run in any minimal POSIX-like environment with
 ncurses installed.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/networking.scm b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
index 7bd81e6a5e..717e6242be 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ socat can be used, for instance, as TCP port forwarder, as a shell interface
 to UNIX sockets, IPv6 relay, for redirecting TCP oriented programs to a serial
 line, to logically connect serial lines on different computers, or to
 establish a relatively secure environment (su and chroot) for running client
-or server shell scripts with network connections. ")
+or server shell scripts with network connections.")
     (license license:gpl2)))
 
 (define-public zeromq
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ntp.scm b/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
index e2b43e91d7..a53d98efdd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ntp.scm
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
    (version "4.2.8p3")
    (source (origin
 	    (method url-fetch)
-	    (uri (string-append 
+	    (uri (string-append
                   "http://archive.ntp.org/ntp4/ntp-"
                   (version-major+minor version)
                   "/ntp-" version ".tar.gz"))
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                        (("test-decodenetnum\\$\\(EXEEXT\\) ") ""))
                      #t)))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
-   (synopsis "Real time clock synchonization system")
+   (synopsis "Real time clock synchronization system")
    (description "NTP is a system designed to synchronize the clocks of
 computers over a network.")
    (license (l:x11-style
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
index d283acdc1e..6907b1a652 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ It is developed using Objective Caml and Camlp5.")
                       (zero? (apply system* "make" "install-doc"
                                     make-flags)))))))
     (home-page "http://proofgeneral.inf.ed.ac.uk/")
-    (description "Generic front-end for proof assistants based on Emacs")
-    (synopsis
+    (synopsis "Generic front-end for proof assistants based on Emacs")
+    (description
      "Proof General is a major mode to turn Emacs into an interactive proof
 assistant to write formal mathematical proofs using a variety of theorem
 provers.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/openbox.scm b/gnu/packages/openbox.scm
index 07cc8f82ba..9dd756d9f3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/openbox.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/openbox.scm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     (synopsis "Box style window manager")
     (description
      "Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with
-extensive standars support.  The *box visual style is well known for its
+extensive standards support.  The *box visual style is well known for its
 minimalistic appearance.  Openbox uses the *box visual style, while providing
 a greater number of options for theme developers than previous *box
 implementations.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
index 3a426dc293..bbd1f66bf3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         %standard-phases)))
    (synopsis "Viewer for PDF files based on the Motif toolkit")
    (description
-    "Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files")
+    "Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files.")
    (license license:gpl3) ; or gpl2, but not gpl2+
    (home-page "http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/")))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 3d28455405..900d25498c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ configuration files and parsing command line arguments.")
   (package
     (name "perl-archive-zip")
     (version "1.30")
-    (source 
+    (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append
-             "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/Archive-Zip-" 
+             "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/Archive-Zip-"
              version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ the Class::C3 method resolution order.")
     (description "Class::Data::Inheritable is for creating accessor/mutators
 to class data.  That is, if you want to store something about your class as a
 whole (instead of about a single object).  This data is then inherited by your
-subclasses and can be overriden.")
+subclasses and can be overridden.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-class-date
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ names, not Class::Name.  For that, this module provides \"load_class
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Load-XS")
     (synopsis "XS implementation of parts of Class::Load")
     (description "This module provides an XS implementation for portions of
-Class::Load")
+Class::Load.")
     (license artistic2.0)))
 
 (define-public perl-class-methodmaker
@@ -758,11 +758,11 @@ write accessor methods for your objects that perform standard tasks.")
        ("perl-test-requires" ,perl-test-requires)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Method-Modifiers")
     (synopsis "Moose-like method modifiers")
-    (description "Class::Method::Modifiers provides three modifiers: before,
-around, and after.  before and after are run just before and after the method
-they modify, but can not really affect that original method.  around is run in
-place of the original method, with a hook to easily call that original
-method.")
+    (description "Class::Method::Modifiers provides three modifiers: 'before',
+'around', and 'after'.  'before' and 'after' are run just before and after the
+method they modify, but can not really affect that original method.  'around'
+is run in place of the original method, with a hook to easily call that
+original method.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-class-singleton
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ method.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Singleton")
     (synopsis "Implementation of a singleton class for Perl")
     (description "This module implements a Singleton class from which other
-classes can be derived. By itself, the Class::Singleton module does very
+classes can be derived.  By itself, the Class::Singleton module does very
 little other than manage the instantiation of a single object.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ versa.")
 to generate random passwords, constructed from words, letters, or characters.
 This code is a Perl implementation of the Automated Password Generator
 standard, like the program described in \"A Random Word Generator For
-Pronounceable Passwords\". This code is a re-engineering of the program
+Pronounceable Passwords\".  This code is a re-engineering of the program
 contained in Appendix A of FIPS Publication 181, \"Standard for Automated
 Password Generator\".")
     (license (package-license perl))))
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ necessary later on.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Tumbler")
     (synopsis "Dynamic generation of nested combinations of variants")
     (description "Data::Tumbler - Dynamic generation of nested combinations of
-variants")
+variants.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-data-visitor
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ or \"every day\".  You can also create more complicated recurrences, such as
        ("perl-datetime-format-strptime" ,perl-datetime-format-strptime)
        ("perl-params-validate" ,perl-params-validate)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/DateTime-Format-Builder")
-    (synopsis "Create DateTime parser classes and objects.")
+    (synopsis "Create DateTime parser classes and objects")
     (description "DateTime::Format::Builder creates DateTime parsers.  Many
 string formats of dates and times are simple and just require a basic regular
 expression to extract the relevant information.  Builder provides a simple way
@@ -1868,8 +1868,8 @@ modules separately and deal with them after the module is done installing.")
     (build-system perl-build-system)
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Error")
     (synopsis "OO-ish Error/Exception handling for Perl")
-    (description "The Error package provides two interfaces. Firstly Error
-provides a procedural interface to exception handling. Secondly Error is a
+    (description "The Error package provides two interfaces.  Firstly Error
+provides a procedural interface to exception handling.  Secondly Error is a
 base class for errors/exceptions that can either be thrown, for subsequent
 catch, or can simply be recorded.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ in various parts of the CPAN ecosystem.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-HomeDir")
     (synopsis "Find your home and other directories on any platform")
     (description "File::HomeDir is a module for locating the directories that
-are \"owned\" by a user (typicaly your user) and to solve the various issues
+are \"owned\" by a user (typically your user) and to solve the various issues
 that arise trying to find them consistently across a wide variety of
 platforms.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ matching a regular expression.")
     (description "File::Remove::remove removes files and directories.  It acts
 like /bin/rm, for the most part.  Although \"unlink\" can be given a list of
 files, it will not remove directories; this module remedies that.  It also
-accepts wildcards, * and ?, as arguments for filenames.")
+accepts wildcards, * and ?, as arguments for file names.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-file-sharedir
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ allows you to locate these files after installation.")
     (synopsis "Reading/Writing/Modifying of complete files")
     (description "File::Slurp provides subroutines to read or write entire
 files with a simple call.  It also has a subroutine for reading the list of
-filenames in a directory.")
+file names in a directory.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-file-temp
@@ -2463,7 +2463,7 @@ inc directory within a distribution and are used by Makefile.PL or Build.PL.")
     (synopsis "Utilities for interactive I/O")
     (description "This module provides three utility subroutines that make it
 easier to develop interactive applications: is_interactive(), interactive(),
-and busy()")
+and busy().")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-io-string
@@ -2548,10 +2548,10 @@ pseudo ttys.")
                      ;; it, so disable it.
                      (delete-file "t/win32_compile.t"))))))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/IPC-Run")
-    (synopsis "system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys")
+    (synopsis "Run system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys")
     (description "IPC::Run allows you run and interact with child processes
-using files, pipes, and pseudo-ttys. Both system()-style and scripted usages
-are supported and may be mixed. Likewise, functional and OO API styles are
+using files, pipes, and pseudo-ttys.  Both system()-style and scripted usages
+are supported and may be mixed.  Likewise, functional and OO API styles are
 both supported and may be mixed.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ both supported and may be mixed.")
                (base32
                 "0r9m8q78bg7yycpixd7738jm40yz71p2q7inm766kzsw3g6c709x"))))
     (build-system perl-build-system)
-    (synopsis "Run a subprocess with input/ouput redirection")
+    (synopsis "Run a subprocess with input/output redirection")
     (description
      "The IPC::Run3 module allows you to run a subprocess and redirect stdin,
 stdout, and/or stderr to files and perl data structures.  It aims to satisfy
@@ -3391,8 +3391,8 @@ accessor, while set methods are prefixed with \"_set_\".")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooseX-StrictConstructor")
     (synopsis "Strict object constructors for Moose")
     (description "Simply loading this module makes your constructors
-\"strict\". If your constructor is called with an attribute init argument that
-your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error(). ")
+\"strict\".  If your constructor is called with an attribute init argument
+that your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error().")
     (license artistic2.0)))
 
 (define-public perl-moosex-traits-pluggable
@@ -3420,7 +3420,7 @@ your class does not declare, then it calls Moose->throw_error(). ")
      "http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooseX-Traits-Pluggable")
     (synopsis "Trait loading and resolution for Moose")
     (description "Adds support on top of MooseX::Traits for class precedence
-search for traits and some extra attributes")
+search for traits and some extra attributes.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-moosex-types
@@ -4144,7 +4144,7 @@ of Perl objects without duplicates for scalars and references.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Set-Scalar")
     (synopsis "Set operations for Perl")
     (description "The first priority of Set::Scalar is to be a convenient
-interface to sets (as in: unordered colletions of Perl scalars.)  While not
+interface to sets (as in: unordered collections of Perl scalars).  While not
 designed to be slow or big, neither has it been designed to be fast or
 compact.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
@@ -4249,7 +4249,7 @@ CamelCase and back again.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-RewritePrefix")
     (synopsis "Rewrite strings based on a set of known prefixes")
     (description "This module allows you to rewrite strings based on a set of
-known pprefixes.")
+known prefixes.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-sub-exporter
@@ -4581,7 +4581,7 @@ stuff has been done, and maybe an estimate at how long remains.")
     (synopsis "Progress meter if run interactively")
     (description "Term::ProgressBar is a wonderful module for showing progress
 bars on the terminal.  This module acts very much like that module when it is
-run interactively. However, when it is not run interactively (for example, as
+run interactively.  However, when it is not run interactively (for example, as
 a cron job) then it does not show the progress bar.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
@@ -4705,7 +4705,7 @@ called as methods, which usually isn't want you want.")
     (description
      "Test::Deep compares two structures by going through each level, ensuring
 that the values match, that arrays and hashes have the same elements and that
-references are blessed into the correct class. It also handles circular data
+references are blessed into the correct class.  It also handles circular data
 structures without getting caught in an infinite loop.")
     (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/"
                               "Test-Deep-" version))
@@ -4730,7 +4730,7 @@ structures without getting caught in an infinite loop.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Differences")
     (synopsis "Test strings and data structures and show differences")
     (description "This module exports three test functions and four diff-style
-functions")
+functions.")
     ;; See LICENSE section of Test/Differences.pm, which reads "... GNU public
     ;; license, any version, ..."
     (license gpl3+)))
@@ -4850,7 +4850,7 @@ automatically aggregated and output to STDOUT.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-LeakTrace")
     (synopsis "Traces memory leaks in Perl")
     (description "Test::LeakTrace provides several functions that trace memory
-leaks. This module scans arenas, the memory allocation system, so it can
+leaks.  This module scans arenas, the memory allocation system, so it can
 detect any leaked SVs in given blocks.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
@@ -4967,7 +4967,7 @@ bit more fine-grained control over test suites.")
     (description
      "This modules causes any warnings during testing to be captured and
 stored.  It automatically adds an extra test that will run when your script
-ends to check that there were no warnings.  If there were any warings, the
+ends to check that there were no warnings.  If there were any warnings, the
 test will fail and output diagnostics of where, when and what the warning was,
 including a stack trace of what was going on when it occurred.")
     (home-page (string-append "http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/"
@@ -5502,9 +5502,9 @@ as exceptions to standard program flow.")
   (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tie-IxHash")
   (synopsis "Ordered associative arrays for Perl")
   (description "This Perl module implements Perl hashes that preserve the
-order in which the hash elements were added. The order is not affected when
-values corresponding to existing keys in the IxHash are changed. The elements
-can also be set to any arbitrary supplied order. The familiar perl array
+order in which the hash elements were added.  The order is not affected when
+values corresponding to existing keys in the IxHash are changed.  The elements
+can also be set to any arbitrary supplied order.  The familiar perl array
 operations can also be performed on the IxHash.")
   (license (package-license perl))))
 
@@ -5593,7 +5593,7 @@ duration strings like \"2 minutes\" and \"3 seconds\" to seconds.")
     (description "This module provides functions that are the inverse of
 built-in perl functions localtime() and gmtime().  They accept a date as a
 six-element array, and return the corresponding time(2) value in seconds since
-the system epoch")
+the system epoch.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-timedate
@@ -5762,7 +5762,7 @@ UNIVERSAL::can() as a function, which it is not.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/UNIVERSAL-isa")
     (synopsis "UNIVERSAL::isa() reimplementation")
     (description "This module attempts to recover from people calling
-UNIVERSAL::isa as a function")
+UNIVERSAL::isa as a function.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-variable-magic
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm b/gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm
index 81b6537f15..7c0f50d467 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pretty-print.scm
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ indentation counting, function and file indices and more.")
     (synopsis "Generating PostScript, including pretty-printing")
     (description
      "GNU Enscript is a program to convert ASCII text files to PostScript,
-HTML or RTF formats, to be stored in files or sent immediately to a printer. 
+HTML or RTF formats, to be stored in files or sent immediately to a printer.
 It also includes the capability to perform syntax highlighting for several
 different programming languages.")
     (license gpl3+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm b/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
index c7c5611eb5..6eb16de34b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ SRC provides a small set of converters to allow quality to be traded off
 against computation cost.  The current best converter provides a
 signal-to-noise ratio of 145dB with -3dB passband extending from DC to 96% of
 the theoretical best bandwidth for a given pair of input and output sample
-rates. ")
+rates.")
     (license l:gpl2+)))
 
 (define pulseaudio
@@ -173,11 +173,12 @@ rates. ")
     (home-page "http://www.pulseaudio.org/")
     (synopsis "Sound server")
     (description
-     "PulseAudio is a sound server.  It is basically a proxy for your sound applications.
-It allows you to do advanced operations on your sound data as it passes
-between your application and your hardware.  Things like transferring the
-audio to a different machine, changing the sample format or channel count and
-mixing several sounds into one are easily achieved using a sound server. ")
+     "PulseAudio is a sound server.  It is basically a proxy for your sound
+applications.  It allows you to do advanced operations on your sound data as
+it passes between your application and your hardware.  Things like
+transferring the audio to a different machine, changing the sample format or
+channel count and mixing several sounds into one are easily achieved using a
+sound server.")
 
     ;; PulseAudio is LGPLv2+, but some of the optional dependencies (GNU dbm,
     ;; FFTW, etc.) are GPL'd, so the result is effectively GPLv2+.  See
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 5dcaba0871..e2eaa3176d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ datetime module, available in Python 2.3+.")
     (synopsis
      "Parse human-readable date/time text")
     (description
-     "Parse human-readable date/time text")
+     "Parse human-readable date/time text.")
     (license asl2.0)))
 
 (define-public python-pandas
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ Database API 2.0T.")
      "Mechanize implements stateful programmatic web browsing in Python,
 after Andy Lester’s Perl module WWW::Mechanize.")
     (license (non-copyleft "file://COPYING"
-                        "See COPYING in the distribution."))))
+                           "See COPYING in the distribution."))))
 
 
 (define-public python-simplejson
@@ -828,8 +828,9 @@ after Andy Lester’s Perl module WWW::Mechanize.")
     (synopsis
      "Json library for Python")
     (description
-     "JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a subset of JavaScript syntax
- (ECMA-262 3rd edition) used as a lightweight data interchange format.
+     "JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a subset of JavaScript
+syntax (ECMA-262 3rd edition) used as a lightweight data interchange
+format.
 
 Simplejson exposes an API familiar to users of the standard library marshal
 and pickle modules.  It is the externally maintained version of the json
@@ -1524,7 +1525,7 @@ executed.")
      "Python test discovery for unittest")
     (description
      "Discover provides test discovery for unittest, a feature that has been
-backported from Python 2.7 for Python 2.4+")
+backported from Python 2.7 for Python 2.4+.")
     (license bsd-3)))
 
 (define-public python2-discover
@@ -2147,7 +2148,7 @@ mining and data analysis.")
     (home-page "http://scikit-image.org/")
     (synopsis "Image processing in Python")
     (description
-     "scikit-image is a collection of algorithms for image processing.")
+     "Scikit-image is a collection of algorithms for image processing.")
     (license bsd-3)))
 
 (define-public python2-scikit-image
@@ -2318,7 +2319,7 @@ include_dirs = ~a/include
     (home-page "http://www.numpy.org/")
     (synopsis "Fundamental package for scientific computing with Python")
     (description "NumPy is the fundamental package for scientific computing
-with Python. It contains among other things: a powerful N-dimensional array
+with Python.  It contains among other things: a powerful N-dimensional array
 object, sophisticated (broadcasting) functions, tools for integrating C/C++
 and Fortran code, useful linear algebra, Fourier transform, and random number
 capabilities.")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm
index 4ce3373cce..39a45c5878 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rdesktop.scm
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@
     (synopsis "Client for Windows Terminal Services")
     (description
      "rdesktop is a client for Microsoft's Windows Remote Desktop Services,
-capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP.)  It allows users
+capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).  It allows users
 to remotely control a user's Windows desktop.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/rdf.scm b/gnu/packages/rdf.scm
index ce6b215715..13ffa2a8fe 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/rdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rdf.scm
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Java Lucene text search engine API to C++.")
      "LRDF is a library to make it easy to manipulate RDF files describing
 LADSPA plugins.  It can also be used for general RDF manipulation.  It can
 read RDF/XLM and N3 files and export N3 files, and it also has a light
-taxonomic inference capablility.")
+taxonomic inference capability.")
     (license gpl2)))
 
 (define-public rasqal
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
index bb7d865f21..a48136560f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ announcement.")
                       ;; dependencies are not available right now.
                       (delete-file "tasks/cucumber.rake"))))))
     (synopsis "Building and packaging helper for Ruby native extensions")
-    (description "Rake-compiler proivides a framework for building and
+    (description "Rake-compiler provides a framework for building and
 packaging native C and Java extensions in Ruby.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/rake-compiler/rake-compiler")
     (license license:expat)))
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ standard diff-like tool.")
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("ruby-rspec-support" ,ruby-rspec-support)
        ("ruby-diff-lcs" ,ruby-diff-lcs-for-rspec)))
-    (synopsis "RSpec expecations library")
+    (synopsis "RSpec expectations library")
     (description "Rspec-expectations provides a simple API to express expected
 outcomes of a code example.")
     (home-page "https://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/slang.scm b/gnu/packages/slang.scm
index 577d7aff45..16054f2776 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/slang.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/slang.scm
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@
     (synopsis "Library for interactive applications and extensibility")
     (description
      "S-Lang is a multi-platform programmer's library designed to allow a
-developer to create robust multi-platform software. It provides facilities
+developer to create robust multi-platform software.  It provides facilities
 required by interactive applications such as display/screen management,
-keyboard input, keymaps, and so on. The most exciting feature of the library
+keyboard input, keymaps, and so on.  The most exciting feature of the library
 is the slang interpreter that may be easily embedded into a program to make it
-extensible. While the emphasis has always been on the embedded nature of the
+extensible.  While the emphasis has always been on the embedded nature of the
 interpreter, it may also be used in a stand-alone fashion through the use of
 slsh, which is part of the S-Lang distribution.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/slim.scm b/gnu/packages/slim.scm
index c163f4ff2b..8e25a5a669 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/slim.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/slim.scm
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ Features included: PNG and XFT support for alpha transparency and antialiased
 fonts, External themes support, Configurable runtime options: X server --
 login / shutdown / reboot commands, Single (GDM-like) or double (XDM-like)
 input control, Can load predefined user at startup, Configurable welcome /
-shutdown messages, Random theme selection")
+shutdown messages, Random theme selection.")
     (license l:gpl2)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/telephony.scm b/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
index 8f3d5974d4..858d7ef7a5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/telephony.scm
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ to initiate and control SIP sessions.")
    (version "4.1.0")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
-            (uri (string-append 
+            (uri (string-append
                   "http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/exosip/libeXosip2-"
                   version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256 (base32
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ to initiate and control SIP sessions.")
    (inputs `(("osip" ,osip)))
    (synopsis "Sip abstraction library")
    (description "EXosip is a library that hides the complexity of using the
-SIP protocol for mutlimedia session establishement.  This protocol is mainly to
+SIP protocol for multimedia session establishment.  This protocol is mainly to
 be used by VoIP telephony applications (endpoints or conference server) but
-might be also usefull for any application that wish to establish sessions like
+might be also useful for any application that wish to establish sessions like
 multiplayer games.")
-   (license gpl2+) 
+   (license gpl2+)
    ;; (plus OpenSSL linking exception)
    ;; http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/exosip.git/plain/LICENSE.OpenSSL
     (home-page "http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/exosip")))
@@ -153,23 +153,23 @@ multiplayer games.")
             (sha256 (base32
                      "0117c5iid1vrwl7sl3pys2jlinpmx2vfp8wcdwk93m7cc6k9793b"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
-   ;; The configure.ac uses pkg-config but in a kludgy way which breaks when 
+   ;; The configure.ac uses pkg-config but in a kludgy way which breaks when
    ;; cross-compiling.  Among other issues there the program name "pkg-config"
    ;; is hard coded instead of respecting the PKG_CONFIG environment variable.
-   ;; Fortunately we can avoid the use of pkg-config and set the dependency 
-   ;; flags ourselves. 
-   (arguments `(#:configure-flags 
+   ;; Fortunately we can avoid the use of pkg-config and set the dependency
+   ;; flags ourselves.
+   (arguments `(#:configure-flags
                 `("--without-pkg-config"
-                  ,(string-append "UCOMMON_CFLAGS=-I" 
+                  ,(string-append "UCOMMON_CFLAGS=-I"
                                   (assoc-ref %build-inputs "ucommon") "/include")
                   "UCOMMON_LIBS=-lusecure -lucommon -lrt -ldl -lpthread"
-                  ,(string-append "LIBOSIP2_CFLAGS=-I" 
+                  ,(string-append "LIBOSIP2_CFLAGS=-I"
                                   (assoc-ref %build-inputs "osip") "/include")
                   "LIBOSIP2_LIBS=-losipparser2 -losip2"
-                  ,(string-append "--sysconfdir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out") 
+                  ,(string-append "--sysconfdir=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
                                   "/etc")
                   "EXOSIP2_LIBS=-leXosip2"
-                  ,(string-append "EXOSIP2_CFLAGS=-I" 
+                  ,(string-append "EXOSIP2_CFLAGS=-I"
                                   (assoc-ref %build-inputs "exosip")
                                   "/include"))))
    (inputs `(("ucommon" ,ucommon)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tls.scm b/gnu/packages/tls.scm
index 3d0000e3fa..68771c7957 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tls.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tls.scm
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ required structures.")
            (files '("etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")))))
    (synopsis "SSL/TLS implementation")
    (description
-    "OpenSSL is an implementation of SSL/TLS")
+    "OpenSSL is an implementation of SSL/TLS.")
    (license license:openssl)
    (home-page "http://www.openssl.org/")))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tmux.scm b/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
index 9cb35bb4b2..a5c0bb206e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tmux.scm
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@
     (description
      "tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or
 windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and
-controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and
+controlled from a single screen.  tmux may be detached from a screen and
 continue running in the background, then later reattached.")
     (license isc)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tre.scm b/gnu/packages/tre.scm
index 1a1aa02ec9..721a350cf0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tre.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tre.scm
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
-        (uri       
+        (uri
           (string-append "http://laurikari.net/tre/" name "-" version
                          ".tar.bz2"))
         (sha256
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@
     (synopsis "Approximate regex matching library and agrep utility")
     (description "Superset of the POSIX regex API, enabling approximate
 matching.  Also ships a version of the agrep utility which behaves similar to
-grep but features ineaxct matching.")
+grep but features inexact matching.")
     (home-page "http://laurikari.net/tre")
     (license bsd-2)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/unrtf.scm b/gnu/packages/unrtf.scm
index 6c578ce3c0..162dec7525 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/unrtf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/unrtf.scm
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/unrtf")
     (synopsis "Convert Rich Text Format documents to other formats")
     (description
-     "GNU UnRTF converts text documents from RTF to HTML, LaTeX, or troff. 
+     "GNU UnRTF converts text documents from RTF to HTML, LaTeX, or troff.
 It supports changes in font characteristics, underlines and strikethroughs,
 superscripts and subscripts, and more.")
     (license gpl2+)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index e3498ee76f..eac0235da9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ code control system SCCS.  This allows old code still under that system to be
 accessed and migrated on modern systems.")
     (license gpl3+)))
 
-;; This package can unfortunately work only in -TEST mode, since Aegis 
+;; This package can unfortunately work only in -TEST mode, since Aegis
 ;; requires that it is installed setuid root.
 (define-public aegis
   (package
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ accessed and migrated on modern systems.")
     (version "4.24")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/aegis/aegis-" 
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/aegis/aegis-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
@@ -822,17 +822,17 @@ accessed and migrated on modern systems.")
        ("groff" ,groff)
        ("perl" ,perl)
        ;; Various tests require the following:
-       ("cvs" ,cvs) 
+       ("cvs" ,cvs)
        ("flex" ,flex)
        ("cook" ,cook)
        ("subversion" ,subversion)
        ("rcs" ,rcs)
        ("ed" ,ed)))
     (arguments
-     `(#:configure-flags (list "--with-no-aegis-configured" 
+     `(#:configure-flags (list "--with-no-aegis-configured"
                                "--sharedstatedir=/var/com/aegis")
        #:parallel-build? #f ; There are some nasty racy rules in the Makefile.
-       #:phases 
+       #:phases
         (alist-cons-before
          'configure 'pre-conf
          (lambda _
diff --git a/gnu/packages/vpn.scm b/gnu/packages/vpn.scm
index e4f05288e5..d8662145b9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/vpn.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/vpn.scm
@@ -153,5 +153,5 @@ and probably others.")
 for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or
 bridged configurations and remote access facilities.  It uses a custom
 security protocol that utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange.  It is capable of
-traversing network address translators (NATs) and firewalls. ")
+traversing network address translators (NATs) and firewalls.")
     (license license:gpl2)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index a1d263ceb0..6c24b6253a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ files, checks if a given domain is a public suffix, provides immediate cookie
 domain verification, finds the longest public part of a given domain, finds
 the shortest private part of a given domain, works with international
 domains (UTF-8 and IDNA2008 Punycode), is thread-safe, and handles IDNA2008
-UTS#46")
+UTS#46.")
     (license l:x11)))
 
 (define-public tidy
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ used to validate and fix HTML data.")
     ;; All of the below are used to generate the documentation
     ;; (Should they be propagated inputs of asciidoc ??)
     (native-inputs `(("asciidoc" ,asciidoc)
-                     ("libxml2" ,libxml2) 
+                     ("libxml2" ,libxml2)
                      ("docbook-xml" ,docbook-xml)
                      ("docbook-xsl" ,docbook-xsl)
                      ("libxslt" ,libxslt)))
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ for you.  It will work even with Catalyst debug logging turned off.")
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication")
     (synopsis "Infrastructure plugin for the Catalyst authentication framework")
     (description "The authentication plugin provides generic user support for
-Catalyst apps. It is the basis for both authentication (checking the user is
+Catalyst apps.  It is the basis for both authentication (checking the user is
 who they claim to be), and authorization (allowing the user to do what the
 system authorises them to do).")
     (license (package-license perl))))
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ cookie mechanism.")
        ("perl-path-class" ,perl-path-class)))
     (home-page
      "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-FastMmap")
-    (synopsis "FastMmap session storage backend.")
+    (synopsis "FastMmap session storage backend")
     (description "Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::FastMmap is a fast session
 storage plugin for Catalyst that uses an mmap'ed file to act as a shared
 memory interprocess cache.  It is based on Cache::FastMmap.")
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ replaced with the contents of the X-Request-Base header.")
     (synopsis "Download data in many formats")
     (description "The purpose of this module is to provide a method for
 downloading data into many supportable formats.  For example, downloading a
-table based report in a variety of formats (CSV, HTML, etc.). ")
+table based report in a variety of formats (CSV, HTML, etc.).")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-catalyst-view-json
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ or to multiple server ports.")
      `(("perl-io-socket-ssl" ,perl-io-socket-ssl)))
     (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SMTP-SSL")
     (synopsis "SSL support for Net::SMTP")
-    (description "SSL support for Net::SMTP")
+    (description "SSL support for Net::SMTP.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
 (define-public perl-plack
diff --git a/gnu/packages/wget.scm b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
index d1413a7e71..f4ccb66d91 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wget.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     (synopsis "Non-interactive command-line utility for downloading files")
     (description
      "GNU Wget is a non-interactive tool for fetching files using the HTTP,
-HTTPS and FTP protocols.  It can resume interrupted downloads, use filename
+HTTPS and FTP protocols.  It can resume interrupted downloads, use file name
 wild cards, supports proxies and cookies, and it can convert absolute links
 in downloaded documents to relative links.")
     (license gpl3+))) ; some files are under GPLv2+
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
index f928aa1f58..1ed33e1629 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ System style license, and has no special dependencies.")
      "Wmctrl allows to interact with an X window manager that is compatible
 with the EWMH/NetWM specification.  It can query the window manager for
 information, and request for certain window management actions (resize and
-move windows, switch between desktops, etc.)")
+move windows, switch between desktops, etc.).")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public scrot
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xfce.scm b/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
index 818941892f..5c8b3a6ad9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ storage system.")
     (synopsis "Widgets library for Xfce")
     (description
      "Libxfce4ui is the replacement of the old libxfcegui4 library.  It is used
-to share commonly used Xfce widgets amoung the Xfce applications.")
+to share commonly used Xfce widgets among the Xfce applications.")
     (license lgpl2.0+)))
 
 (define-public exo
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ fast.")
      "Thunar-volman is an extension for the Thunar File Manager, which enables
 automatic management of removable drives and media.  For example, if
 thunar-volman is installed and configured properly, and you plug in your
-digitcal camera, it will automatically spawn your preferred photo application
+digital camera, it will automatically spawn your preferred photo application
 and import the new pictures from your camera.")
     (license gpl2+)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xiph.scm b/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
index a1a3f3fbb3..c4db640d0f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xiph.scm
@@ -318,12 +318,12 @@ incorporated technology from Skype's SILK codec and Xiph.Org's CELT codec.")
                     "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/opus/opus-tools-"
                     version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
-               (base32 
+               (base32
                 "0fk4nknvl111k89j5yckmyrh6b2wvgyhrqfncp7rig3zikbkv1xi"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      ;; The package developers misuse pkg-config such that it doesn't work
-     ;; when cross compiling.  Therefore we avoid it completly and set the 
+     ;; when cross compiling.  Therefore we avoid it completly and set the
      ;; necessary flags ourselves.
      `(#:configure-flags (list (string-append "CFLAGS=-I"
                                               (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libogg")
@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@ incorporated technology from Skype's SILK codec and Xiph.Org's CELT codec.")
     (inputs `(("libogg" ,libogg)
               ("opus" ,opus)
               ("flac" ,flac)))
-    (synopsis "Command line utilities to encode, inspect, and decode .opus
-files")
+    (synopsis
+     "Command line utilities to encode, inspect, and decode .opus files")
     (description "Opus is a royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec.
 Opus-tools provide command line utilities for creating, inspecting and
-decoding .opus files")
+decoding .opus files.")
     (license license:bsd-3)
     (home-page "http://www.opus-codec.org")))