Merge pull request #3783 from whit537/doc-tweaks

Fix some small doc errors

demo/vagrant-cluster/README.md

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ exit
 ```
 
 > NOTE: This demo will query the HashiCorp Checkpoint service to determine
-> the the latest Consul release version and install that version by default,
+> the latest Consul release version and install that version by default,
 > but if you need a different Consul version, set the `CONSUL_DEMO_VERSION`
 > environment variable before `vagrant up` like this:
 > `CONSUL_DEMO_VERSION=0.6.4 vagrant up`

website/source/docs/commands/index.html.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Consul is only a single command-line application: `consul`. This application
 then takes a subcommand such as "agent" or "members". The complete list of
 subcommands is in the navigation to the left.
 
-The `Consul` CLI is a well-behaved command line application. In erroneous
+The `consul` CLI is a well-behaved command line application. In erroneous
 cases, a non-zero exit status will be returned. It also responds to `-h` and `--help`
 as you'd most likely expect. And some commands that expect input accept
 "-" as a parameter to tell Consul to read the input from stdin.
@@ -195,4 +195,4 @@ The server name to use as the SNI host when connecting via TLS.
 
 ```
 CONSUL_TLS_SERVER_NAME=consulserver.domain
-```
+```

website/source/docs/internals/anti-entropy.html.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Entropy is the tendency of systems to become increasingly disordered. Consul's
 anti-entropy mechanisms are designed to counter this tendency, to keep the
 state of the cluster ordered even through failures of its components.
 
-Consul has a clear separation between the global service catalog and the agent
+Consul has a clear separation between the global service catalog and the agent's
 local state as discussed above. The anti-entropy mechanism reconciles these two
 views of the world: anti-entropy is a synchronization of the local agent state and
 the catalog. For example, when a user registers a new service or check with the
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ any services or checks exist in the catalog that the agent is not aware of, they
 will be automatically removed to make the catalog reflect the proper set of
 services and health information for that agent. Consul treats the state of the
 agent as authoritative; if there are any differences between the agent
-and catalog view, the agent local view will always be used.
+and catalog view, the agent-local view will always be used.
 
 ### Periodic Synchronization
 

website/source/docs/internals/architecture.html.md

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ The server nodes also operate as part of a WAN gossip pool. This pool is differe
 as it is optimized for the higher latency of the internet and is expected to contain only
 other Consul server nodes. The purpose of this pool is to allow datacenters to discover each
 other in a low-touch manner. Bringing a new datacenter online is as easy as joining the existing
-WAN gossip. Because the servers are all operating in this pool, it also enables cross-datacenter
+WAN gossip pool. Because the servers are all operating in this pool, it also enables cross-datacenter
 requests. When a server receives a request for a different datacenter, it forwards it to a random
 server in the correct datacenter. That server may then forward to the local leader.
 

website/source/docs/internals/consensus.html.md

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ result in the same state as a replay of old logs. This allows Raft to capture th
 state at a point in time and then remove all the logs that were used to reach that
 state. This is performed automatically without user intervention and prevents unbounded
 disk usage while also minimizing time spent replaying logs. One of the advantages of
-using BoltDB is that it allows Consul to continue accepting new transactions even while
+using MemDB is that it allows Consul to continue accepting new transactions even while
 old state is being snapshotted, preventing any availability issues.
 
 Consensus is fault-tolerant up to the point where quorum is available.
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ The three read modes are:
   introduces an additional round-trip to all server nodes. The trade-off is
   always consistent reads but increased latency due to the extra round trip.
 
-* `stale` - This mode allows any server to service the read regardless of if
+* `stale` - This mode allows any server to service the read regardless of whether
   it is the leader. This means reads can be arbitrarily stale but are generally
   within 50 milliseconds of the leader. The trade-off is very fast and scalable
   reads but with stale values. This mode allows reads without a leader meaning

website/source/docs/internals/sessions.html.md

@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ lets the current lock holder update the key contents without having to give
 up the lock and reacquire it.
 
 Once held, the lock can be released using a corresponding `release` operation,
-providing the same session. Again, this acts like a Check-And-Set operations
+providing the same session. Again, this acts like a Check-And-Set operation
 since the request will fail if given an invalid session. A critical note is
 that the lock can be released without being the creator of the session.
-This is by design as it allows operators to intervene and force terminate
+This is by design as it allows operators to intervene and force-terminate
 a session if necessary. As mentioned above, a session invalidation will also
 cause all held locks to be released or deleted. When a lock is released, the `LockIndex`
 does not change; however, the `Session` is cleared and the `ModifyIndex` increments.

website/source/intro/vs/custom.html.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ state. These solutions may work in the short term, but they are rarely fault
 tolerant or scalable. Besides these limitations, they require time and resources
 to build and maintain.
 
-Consul provides the core set of features needed by a SOA out of the box. By
+Consul provides the core set of features needed by an SOA out of the box. By
 using Consul, organizations can leverage open source work to reduce the time
 and effort spent re-inventing the wheel and can focus instead on their business
 applications.

website/source/intro/vs/skydns.html.md

@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ runs an independent cluster of servers. Requests are forwarded to remote
 datacenters if necessary; requests for services within a datacenter
 never go over the WAN, and connectivity issues between datacenters do not
 affect availability within a datacenter. Additionally, the unavailability
-of one datacenter does not affect the service discovery of services
+of one datacenter does not affect the discovery of services
 in any other datacenter.