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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4143488b93..85768a4b60 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -18022,7 +18022,7 @@ package or any valid argument to @command{setfont}, as in this example: @defvar hosts-service-type Type of the service that populates the entries for (@file{/etc/hosts}). -This service type can be extended by passing it a list of +This service type can be @emph{extended} by passing it a list of @code{host} records. @c TRANSLATORS: The domain names below SHOULD NOT be translated. @@ -18047,10 +18047,11 @@ By default @file{/etc/host} comes with the following entries: For most setups this is what you want though if you find yourself in the situation where you want to change the default entries, you can -do so in @code{operating-system}.@pxref{operating-system Reference,@code{essential-services}} +do so in @code{operating-system} via @code{modify-services} +(@pxref{Service Reference,@code{modify-services}}). -The following example shows how one would unset @var{host-name} -from being an alias of @code{localhost}. +The following example shows how to unset @var{host-name} from being an +alias of @code{localhost}. @lisp (operating-system ;; @dots{} @@ -18085,9 +18086,9 @@ Procedure for creating @code{host} records. @end defun @quotation Note -The @code{host} data type constructor is @code{%host} though it is -tiresome to create multiple records with it so in practice the procedure -@code{host} (which wraps around @code{%host}) is used instead. +The constructor for the @code{host} record-type is @code{%host} though +the procedure @code{host} results in more concise definitions when there are +multiple @code{host} records. @end quotation @end defvar |