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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ corresponds to the first version of that package that provided the symbol,
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but it can be manually incremented by the maintainer if the ABI of the
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symbol is extended without breaking backwards compatibility. It's the
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responsibility of the maintainer to keep those files up-to-date and
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-accurate, but \fBdpkg\-gensymbols\fR helps him.
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+accurate, but \fBdpkg\-gensymbols\fR helps with that.
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.P
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When the generated symbols files differ from the maintainer supplied
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one, \fBdpkg\-gensymbols\fR will print a diff between the two versions.
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@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ option).
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The symbols files are really useful only if they reflect the evolution of
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the package through several releases. Thus the maintainer has to update
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them every time that a new symbol is added so that its associated minimal
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-version matches reality. To do this properly he can use the diffs contained
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-in the build logs. In most cases, the diff applies directly to his
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+version matches reality. To do this properly the diffs contained in the
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+build logs can be used. In most cases, the diff applies directly to the
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debian/\fIpackage\fR.symbols file. That said, further tweaks are usually
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needed: it's recommended for example to drop the Debian revision
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from the minimal version so that backports with a lower version number
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Guillem Jover