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--- a/doc/gzip.texi
+++ b/doc/gzip.texi
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename gzip.info
 @include version.texi
-@settitle Gzip User's Manual
+@settitle GNU Gzip
 @finalout
 @setchapternewpage odd
 @c %**end of header
 @copying
-This manual is for Gzip
+This manual is for GNU Gzip
 (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}),
 and documents commands for compressing and decompressing data.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 Free
-Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
 
 Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
 Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
 Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
@@ -26,24 +26,26 @@ Free Documentation License''.
 @end quotation
 @end copying
 
-@c Debian install-info (up through at least version 1.9.20) uses only the
-@c first dircategory.  But install-info 1.10.28 rejects any attempt to
-@c put the more-useful individual utility first.  So put the less-useful
-@c general category first.
-@dircategory Utilities
+@dircategory Compression
 @direntry
-* Gzip: (gzip).                 The gzip command for compressing files.
+* Gzip: (gzip).                 General (de)compression of files (lzw).
 @end direntry
 
 @dircategory Individual utilities
 @direntry
-* gzip: (gzip)Invoking gzip.                    Compress files.
+* gunzip: (gzip)Overview.                       Decompression.
+* gzexe: (gzip)Overview.                        Compress executables.
+* zcat: (gzip)Overview.                         Decompression to stdout.
+* zdiff: (gzip)Overview.                        Compare compressed files.
+* zforce: (gzip)Overview.                       Force .gz extension on files.
+* zgrep: (gzip)Overview.                        Search compressed files.
+* zmore: (gzip)Overview.                        Decompression output by pages.
 @end direntry
 
 @titlepage
-@title gzip
+@title GNU gzip
 @subtitle The data compression program
-@subtitle for Gzip Version @value{VERSION}
+@subtitle for Gzip version @value{VERSION}
 @subtitle @value{UPDATED}
 @author by Jean-loup Gailly
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ Free Documentation License''.
 
 @ifnottex
 @node Top
-@top Compressing Files
+@top GNU Gzip: General file (de)compression
 
 @insertcopying
 @end ifnottex
@@ -69,8 +71,8 @@ Free Documentation License''.
 * Environment::                The @env{GZIP} environment variable
 * Tapes::               Using @command{gzip} on tapes.
 * Problems::           Reporting bugs.
-* Copying This Manual:: How to make copies of this manual.
-* Concept Index::      Index of concepts.
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: Copying and sharing this manual.
+* Concept index::       Index of concepts.
 @end menu
 
 @node Overview
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ Free Documentation License''.
 @command{gzip} reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding
 (LZ77).  Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the
 extension @samp{.gz}, while keeping the same ownership modes, access and
-modification times.  (The default extension is @option{-gz} for @abbr{VMS},
+modification times.  (The default extension is @samp{-gz} for @abbr{VMS},
 @samp{z} for @abbr{MSDOS}, @abbr{OS/2} @abbr{FAT} and Atari.)
 If no files are specified or
 if a file name is "-", the standard input is compressed to the standard
@@ -113,8 +115,9 @@ compressed file is not suitable for its file system, a new name is
 constructed from the original one to make it legal.
 
 @command{gunzip} takes a list of files on its command line and replaces
-each file whose name ends with @samp{.gz}, @samp{.z}, @samp{.Z},
-@option{-gz}, @option{-z} or @samp{_z} and which begins with the correct
+each file whose name ends with @samp{.gz}, @samp{.z}
+@samp{-gz}, @samp{-z}, or @samp{_z} (ignoring case)
+and which begins with the correct
 magic number with an uncompressed file without the original extension.
 @command{gunzip} also recognizes the special extensions @samp{.tgz} and
 @samp{.taz} as shorthands for @samp{.tar.gz} and @samp{.tar.Z}
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ format specification version 4.3,
 1996).
 
 @node Sample
-@chapter Sample Output
+@chapter Sample output
 @cindex sample
 
 Here are some realistic examples of running @command{gzip}.
@@ -511,17 +514,13 @@ a description of the bug behavior, and the input to @command{gzip}
 that triggered
 the bug.@refill
 
-@node Copying This Manual
-@appendix Copying This Manual
-
-@menu
-* GNU Free Documentation License::  License for copying this manual.
-@end menu
+@node GNU Free Documentation License
+@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
 
 @include fdl.texi
 
-@node Concept Index
-@appendix Concept Index
+@node Concept index
+@appendix Concept index
 
 @printindex cp