Avoid using the syntax symbol() in formatted documentation.

[pspp] / doc / gnulib-intro.texi

diff --git a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
index d5d7408086d6d15c029db52e2cae8a4bd0711faa..c42a2080349893b71e36beb7d1afbe5328e6518e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ that.
 Similarly, Gnulib has a facility for executing a command in a
 subprocess.  It is at the same time a portability enhancement (it
 works on GNU, Unix, and Windows, compared to the classical
-@code{fork()}/@code{exec()} which is not portable to Windows), as well
+@code{fork}/@code{exec} idiom which is not portable to Windows), as well
 as an application aid: it takes care of redirecting stdin and/or
 stdout if desired, and emits an error message if the subprocess
 failed.
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ C++ language or from the Linux kernel.
 @subsection Interfaces to external libraries
 
 Examples are the @samp{iconv} module, which interfaces to the
-@code{iconv()} facility, regardless whether it is contained in libc or in
+@code{iconv} facility, regardless whether it is contained in libc or in
 an external @code{libiconv}.  Or the @samp{readline} module, which
 interfaces to the GNU readline library.