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diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi
index c0beb7a67d..7795ddfc3a 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001,
-@c   2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c   2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
 @setfilename ../../info/processes
 @node Processes, Display, Abbrevs, Top
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ regular expression @var{separators}, like @code{split-string} does
 the substrings.  It then makes a list of the substrings and returns
 it.
 
-If @var{separators} is omitted or nil, it defaults to @code{"\\s-+"},
-which is a regular expression that matches one or more characters with
-whitespace syntax (@pxref{Syntax Class Table}).
+If @var{separators} is omitted or @code{nil}, it defaults to
+@code{"\\s-+"}, which is a regular expression that matches one or more
+characters with whitespace syntax (@pxref{Syntax Class Table}).
 
 The quoting this function supports is of 2 styles: by enclosing a
 whole string in double quotes @code{"@dots{}"}, or by quoting
@@ -791,8 +791,8 @@ This function returns the name of @var{process}.
 
 @defun process-status process-name
 This function returns the status of @var{process-name} as a symbol.
-The argument @var{process-name} must be a process, a buffer, a
-process name (string) or a buffer name (string).
+The argument @var{process-name} must be a process, a buffer, or a
+process name (a string).
 
 The possible values for an actual subprocess are:
 
@@ -823,10 +823,6 @@ if @var{process-name} is not the name of an existing process.
 
 @smallexample
 @group
-(process-status "shell")
-     @result{} run
-@end group
-@group
 (process-status (get-buffer "*shell*"))
      @result{} run
 @end group
@@ -1392,7 +1388,10 @@ converts the unibyte output to multibyte using
 system to use (@pxref{Process Information}).  Otherwise, the coding
 system comes from @code{coding-system-for-read}, if that is
 non-@code{nil}; or else from the defaulting mechanism (@pxref{Default
-Coding Systems}).
+Coding Systems}).  If the text output by a process contains null
+bytes, Emacs by default uses @code{no-conversion} for it; see
+@ref{Lisp and Coding Systems, inhibit-null-byte-detection}, for how to
+control this behavior.
 
   @strong{Warning:} Coding systems such as @code{undecided} which
 determine the coding system from the data do not work entirely
@@ -1645,7 +1644,7 @@ from all the other processes running on the same machine at the same
 time.
 @end defun
 
-@defun system-process-attributes pid
+@defun process-attributes pid
 This function returns an alist of attributes for the process specified
 by its process ID @var{pid}.  Each association in the alist is of the
 form @code{(@var{key} . @var{value})}, where @var{key} designates the
@@ -1748,10 +1747,15 @@ Time spent by the process in the system (kernel) context, for
 processing system calls.  The corresponding @var{value} is in the same
 format as for @code{utime}.
 
+@item time
+The sum of @code{utime} and @code{stime}.  The corresponding
+@var{value} is in the same format as for @code{utime}.
+
 @item cutime
 @itemx cstime
-Like @code{utime} and @code{stime}, but includes the times of all the
-child processes of the given process.
+@itemx ctime
+Like @code{utime}, @code{stime}, and @code{time}, but include the
+times of all the child processes of the given process.
 
 @item pri
 The numerical priority of the process.
@@ -1832,8 +1836,8 @@ The argument @var{regexp} is a regular expression that should match
 text at the end of the entire answer, but nothing before; that's how
 @code{tq-enqueue} determines where the answer ends.
 
-If the argument @var{delay-question} is non-nil, delay sending this
-question until the process has finished replying to any previous
+If the argument @var{delay-question} is non-@code{nil}, delay sending
+this question until the process has finished replying to any previous
 questions.  This produces more reliable results with some processes.
 
 The return value of @code{tq-enqueue} itself is not meaningful.
@@ -2505,8 +2509,8 @@ most common value.  If @var{speed} is @code{nil}, the function ignores
 all other arguments and does not configure the port.  This may be
 useful for special serial ports such as Bluetooth-to-serial converters
 which can only be configured through AT commands sent through the
-connection.  You can use the value of @code{nil} for @var{speed} only
-for connections that are already open by a previous call to
+connection.  The value of @code{nil} for @var{speed} is valid only for
+connections that were already opened by a previous call to
 @code{make-serial-process} or @code{serial-term}.
 
 @item :bytesize @var{bytesize}