(defvar startup-screen-inhibit-startup-screen nil)
-;; The mechanism uses to ensure that only end users can disable this
-;; message is not complex. Clearly, it is possible for a determined
+;; The mechanism used to ensure that only end users can disable this
+;; message is not complex. Clearly, it is possible for a determined
;; system administrator to inhibit this message anyway, but at least
;; they will do so with knowledge of why the Emacs developers think
;; this is a bad idea.
(defcustom inhibit-startup-echo-area-message nil
"Non-nil inhibits the initial startup echo area message.
-The startup message in the echo area as it provides information
+The startup message is in the echo area as it provides information
about GNU Emacs and the GNU system in general, which we want all
-users to see. As this is the least intrusive startup message,
+users to see. As this is the least intrusive startup message,
this variable gets specialized treatment to prevent the message
from being disabled site-wide by systems administrators, while
still allowing individual users to do so.