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diff --git a/doc/lispref/streams.texi b/doc/lispref/streams.texi
index 9802c7485d..5b7e833b23 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/streams.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/streams.texi
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990-1994, 1998-1999, 2001-2011  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1990-1994, 1998-1999, 2001-2013 Free Software
+@c Foundation, Inc.
 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
-@setfilename ../../info/streams
-@node Read and Print, Minibuffers, Debugging, Top
-@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
+@node Read and Print
 @chapter Reading and Printing Lisp Objects
 
   @dfn{Printing} and @dfn{reading} are the operations of converting Lisp
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ When it is called with one argument (always a character), @var{function}
 should save the argument and arrange to return it on the next call.
 This is called @dfn{unreading} the character; it happens when the Lisp
 reader reads one character too many and wants to ``put it back where it
-came from.''  In this case, it makes no difference what value
+came from''.  In this case, it makes no difference what value
 @var{function} returns.
 @end itemize
 
@@ -266,12 +265,6 @@ reader encountered the open parenthesis, decided that it ended the
 input, and unread it.  Another attempt to read from the stream at this
 point would read @samp{()} and return @code{nil}.
 
-@defun get-file-char
-This function is used internally as an input stream to read from the
-input file opened by the function @code{load}.  Don't use this function
-yourself.
-@end defun
-
 @node Input Functions
 @section Input Functions
 
@@ -625,7 +618,7 @@ spacing between calls.
 @defun terpri &optional stream
 @cindex newline in print
 This function outputs a newline to @var{stream}.  The name stands
-for ``terminate print.''
+for ``terminate print''.
 @end defun
 
 @defun write-char character &optional stream
@@ -684,6 +677,12 @@ For example, if the current buffer name is @samp{foo},
 returns @code{"The buffer is foo"}.
 @end defmac
 
+@defun pp object &optional stream
+This function outputs @var{object} to @var{stream}, just like
+@code{prin1}, but does it in a more ``pretty'' way.  That is, it'll
+indent and fill the object to make it more readable for humans.
+@end defun
+
 @node Output Variables
 @section Variables Affecting Output
 @cindex output-controlling variables
@@ -696,9 +695,8 @@ The default is @code{t}, meaning display in the echo area.
 
 @defvar print-quoted
 If this is non-@code{nil}, that means to print quoted forms using
-abbreviated reader syntax.  @code{(quote foo)} prints as @code{'foo},
-@code{(function foo)} as @code{#'foo}, and backquoted forms print
-using modern backquote syntax.
+abbreviated reader syntax, e.g., @code{(quote foo)} prints as
+@code{'foo}, and @code{(function foo)} as @code{#'foo}.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar print-escape-newlines
@@ -814,7 +812,6 @@ reader to produce an uninterned symbol.
 If non-@code{nil}, that means number continuously across print calls.
 This affects the numbers printed for @samp{#@var{n}=} labels and
 @samp{#@var{m}#} references.
-
 Don't set this variable with @code{setq}; you should only bind it
 temporarily to @code{t} with @code{let}.  When you do that, you should
 also bind @code{print-number-table} to @code{nil}.
@@ -827,8 +824,8 @@ to bind it to @code{nil} when you bind @code{print-continuous-numbering}.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar float-output-format
-This variable specifies how to print floating point numbers.  Its
-default value is @code{nil}, meaning use the shortest output
+This variable specifies how to print floating point numbers.  The
+default is @code{nil}, meaning use the shortest output
 that represents the number without losing information.
 
 To control output format more precisely, you can put a string in this