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diff --git a/lispref/objects.texi b/lispref/objects.texi
index 9b862ae9dc..c82242206f 100644
--- a/lispref/objects.texi
+++ b/lispref/objects.texi
@@ -201,9 +201,10 @@ leading @samp{+} or a final @samp{.}.
 @node Floating Point Type
 @subsection Floating Point Type
 
-  Emacs supports floating point numbers (though there is a compilation
-option to disable them).  The precise range of floating point numbers is
-machine-specific.
+  Floating point numbers are the computer equivalent of scientific
+notation.  The precise number of significant figures and the range of
+possible exponents is machine-specific; Emacs always uses the C data
+type @code{double} to store the value.
 
   The printed representation for floating point numbers requires either
 a decimal point (with at least one digit following), an exponent, or
@@ -279,9 +280,9 @@ way to write the space character.  If the character is @samp{\}, you
 @cindex escape
 @cindex @samp{\e}
   You can express the characters Control-g, backspace, tab, newline,
-vertical tab, formfeed, return, and escape as @samp{?\a}, @samp{?\b},
-@samp{?\t}, @samp{?\n}, @samp{?\v}, @samp{?\f}, @samp{?\r}, @samp{?\e},
-respectively.  Thus,
+vertical tab, formfeed, return, del, and escape as @samp{?\a},
+@samp{?\b}, @samp{?\t}, @samp{?\n}, @samp{?\v}, @samp{?\f},
+@samp{?\r}, @samp{?\d}, and @samp{?\e}, respectively.  Thus,
 
 @example
 ?\a @result{} 7                 ; @r{@kbd{C-g}}
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ important than the @sc{ascii} representation.
 and the hexadecimal character code.  You can use any number of hex
 digits, so you can represent any character code in this way.
 Thus, @samp{?\x41} for the character @kbd{A}, @samp{?\x1} for the
-character @kbd{C-a}, and @code{?\x8e0} for the character
+character @kbd{C-a}, and @code{?\x8e0} for the Latin-1 character
 @iftex
 @samp{@`a}.
 @end iftex
@@ -710,7 +711,7 @@ that represents the @sc{car} and @sc{cdr} explicitly.  In this syntax,
 @code{(@var{a} .@: @var{b})} stands for a cons cell whose @sc{car} is
 the object @var{a}, and whose @sc{cdr} is the object @var{b}.  Dotted
 pair notation is therefore more general than list syntax.  In the dotted
-pair notation, the list @samp{(1 2 3)} is written as @samp{(1 .  (2 . (3
+pair notation, the list @samp{(1 2 3)} is written as @samp{(1 . (2 . (3
 . nil)))}.  For @code{nil}-terminated lists, you can use either
 notation, but list notation is usually clearer and more convenient.
 When printing a list, the dotted pair notation is only used if the
@@ -800,7 +801,7 @@ the list.
 
 @example
 (setq alist-of-colors
-      '((rose . red) (lily . white)  (buttercup . yellow)))
+      '((rose . red) (lily . white) (buttercup . yellow)))
 @end example
 
 @noindent
@@ -1046,7 +1047,7 @@ Case tables (@pxref{Case Tables}).
 Character category tables (@pxref{Categories}).
 
 @item
-Display Tables (@pxref{Display Tables}).
+Display tables (@pxref{Display Tables}).
 
 @item
 Syntax tables (@pxref{Syntax Tables}).