Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwit...@gmail.com>
---
doc/make.texi | 8 ++++----
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
index 7460963..091e098 100644
--- a/doc/make.texi
+++ b/doc/make.texi
@@ -5199,7 +5199,7 @@ a := $($(x))
@noindent
defines @code{a} as @samp{z}: the @samp{$(x)} inside @samp{$($(x))} expands
-to @samp{y}, so @samp{$($(x))} expands to @samp{$(y)} which in turn expands
+to @samp{y}, so @samp{$($(x))} expands to @samp{$(y)}, which in turn expands
to @samp{z}. Here, the name of the variable to reference is not stated
explicitly; it is computed by expansion of @samp{$(x)}. The reference
@samp{$(x)} here is nested within the outer variable reference.
@@ -5216,7 +5216,7 @@ a := $($($(x)))
@noindent
Here, the innermost @samp{$(x)} expands to @samp{y}, so @samp{$($(x))}
-expands to @samp{$(y)} which in turn expands to @samp{z}; now we have
+expands to @samp{$(y)}, which in turn expands to @samp{z}; now we have
@samp{$(z)}, which becomes @samp{u}.
References to recursively-expanded variables within a variable name are
@@ -5230,8 +5230,8 @@ a := $($(x))
@end example
@noindent
-defines @code{a} as @samp{Hello}: @samp{$($(x))} becomes @samp{$($(y))}
-which becomes @samp{$(z)} which becomes @samp{Hello}.
+defines @code{a} as @samp{Hello}: @samp{$($(x))} becomes @samp{$($(y))},
+which becomes @samp{$(z)}, which becomes @samp{Hello}.
Nested variable references can also contain modified references and
function invocations (@pxref{Functions, ,Functions for Transforming Text}),
--
1.7.4.18.g68fe8
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