Standardize possessive apostrophe usage in manuals, docs, and comments

Ref: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-02/msg00649.html

48 files changed, 123 insertions, 98 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 5b822cc1cdb..ab70527073a 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+2012-02-28  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* shell.el (shell-mode):
+	* progmodes/vhdl-mode.el (wildcard-to-regexp, file-expand-wildcards):
+	* play/landmark.el (landmark-font-lock-face-O):
+	* play/handwrite.el (handwrite):
+	* play/gomoku.el (gomoku-O):
+	* net/browse-url.el (browse-url-browser-display):
+	* international/mule.el (define-charset):
+	* htmlfontify.el (hfy-etags-cmd, hfy-face-attr-for-class):
+	* filesets.el (filesets-find-file-delay):
+	* eshell/em-xtra.el (eshell-xtra):
+	* eshell/em-unix.el (eshell-grep):
+	* emulation/viper.el (viper-mode):
+	* emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el (regexp-opt-group):
+	* emacs-lisp/easymenu.el (easy-menu-define):
+	* calendar/timeclock.el (timeclock-use-display-time):
+	* bs.el (bs-mode):
+	* bookmark.el (bookmark-save-flag):
+	Doc fix (standardize possessive apostrophe usage).
+
 2012-02-27  Chong Yidong  <cyd@gnu.org>
 
 	* emulation/viper-cmd.el (viper-intercept-ESC-key): Fix
diff --git a/lisp/bookmark.el b/lisp/bookmark.el
index 20a4e52810b..33b91fd7db2 100644
--- a/lisp/bookmark.el
+++ b/lisp/bookmark.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; bookmark.el --- set bookmarks, maybe annotate them, jump to them later
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1993-1997, 2001-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1993-1997, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
 ;; Maintainer: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 --> t means save bookmarks when Emacs is killed.
 --> Otherwise, it should be a number that is the frequency with which
     the bookmark list is saved (i.e.: the number of times which
-    Emacs' bookmark list may be modified before it is automatically
+    Emacs's bookmark list may be modified before it is automatically
     saved.).  If it is a number, Emacs will also automatically save
     bookmarks when it is killed.
 
diff --git a/lisp/bs.el b/lisp/bs.el
index 4e54ef882fe..64c1183b64d 100644
--- a/lisp/bs.el
+++ b/lisp/bs.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; bs.el --- menu for selecting and displaying buffers -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1998-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ;; Author: Olaf Sylvester <Olaf.Sylvester@netsurf.de>
 ;; Maintainer: Olaf Sylvester <Olaf.Sylvester@netsurf.de>
 ;; Keywords: convenience
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ Used from `window-size-change-functions'."
 (put 'bs-mode 'mode-class 'special)
 
 (define-derived-mode bs-mode nil "Buffer-Selection-Menu"
-  "Major mode for editing a subset of Emacs' buffers.
+  "Major mode for editing a subset of Emacs's buffers.
 \\<bs-mode-map>
 Aside from two header lines each line describes one buffer.
 Move to a line representing the buffer you want to edit and select
diff --git a/lisp/calendar/timeclock.el b/lisp/calendar/timeclock.el
index 9b766e17d5c..7f9b46dfd82 100644
--- a/lisp/calendar/timeclock.el
+++ b/lisp/calendar/timeclock.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; timeclock.el --- mode for keeping track of how much you work
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1999-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: John Wiegley <johnw@gnu.org>
 ;; Created: 25 Mar 1999
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ This variable only has effect if set with \\[customize]."
 (defcustom timeclock-use-display-time t
   "If non-nil, use `display-time-hook' for doing modeline updates.
 The advantage of this is that one less timer has to be set running
-amok in Emacs' process space.  The disadvantage is that it requires
+amok in Emacs's process space.  The disadvantage is that it requires
 you to have `display-time' running.  If you don't want to use
 `display-time', but still want the modeline to show how much time is
 left, set this variable to nil.  Changing the value of this variable
diff --git a/lisp/cedet/ChangeLog b/lisp/cedet/ChangeLog
index 361ccba10cc..4dc5fe4df21 100644
--- a/lisp/cedet/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/cedet/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-02-28  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* semantic/db.el (semanticdb-search-results-table):
+	Doc fix (standardize possessive apostrophe usage).
+
 2012-02-09  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
 	* ede/auto.el (ede-directory-safe-p, ede-add-project-to-global-list):
diff --git a/lisp/cedet/semantic.el b/lisp/cedet/semantic.el
index 1f07867bac5..0ed031019be 100644
--- a/lisp/cedet/semantic.el
+++ b/lisp/cedet/semantic.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; semantic.el --- Semantic buffer evaluator.
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1999-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Eric M. Ludlam <zappo@gnu.org>
 ;; Keywords: syntax tools
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ was marked unparseable, then do nothing, and return the cache."
 
 ;;;; Parse the whole system.
      ((semantic-parse-tree-needs-rebuild-p)
-      ;; Use Emacs' built-in progress-reporter
+      ;; Use Emacs's built-in progress-reporter
       (let ((semantic--progress-reporter
 	     (and (>= (point-max) semantic-minimum-working-buffer-size)
 		  (eq semantic-working-type 'percent)
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ This function returns semantic tags without overlays."
       ;; Designated to ignore.
       (setq stream (car nontermsym))
       (if stream
-	  ;; Use Emacs' built-in progress reporter:
+	  ;; Use Emacs's built-in progress reporter:
 	  (and (boundp 'semantic--progress-reporter)
 	       semantic--progress-reporter
 	       (eq semantic-working-type 'percent)
diff --git a/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-el.el b/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-el.el
index ce6f33f0d18..23410b1eb1b 100644
--- a/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-el.el
+++ b/lisp/cedet/semantic/db-el.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; semantic/db-el.el --- Semantic database extensions for Emacs Lisp
 
-;;; Copyright (C) 2002-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;; Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Eric M. Ludlam <zappo@gnu.org>
 ;; Keywords: tags
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ For Emacs Lisp system DB, there isn't one."
   "Convert one TAG, originating from Emacs OBJ, into standardized form.
 If Emacs cannot resolve this symbol to a particular file, then return nil."
   ;; Here's the idea.  For each tag, get the name, then use
-  ;; Emacs' `symbol-file' to get the source.  Once we have that,
+  ;; Emacs's `symbol-file' to get the source.  Once we have that,
   ;; we can use more typical semantic searching techniques to
   ;; get a regularly parsed tag.
   (let* ((type (cond ((semantic-tag-of-class-p tag 'function)
diff --git a/lisp/cedet/semantic/db.el b/lisp/cedet/semantic/db.el
index d6e4fff83c8..4e09f9fc3f2 100644
--- a/lisp/cedet/semantic/db.el
+++ b/lisp/cedet/semantic/db.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; semantic/db.el --- Semantic tag database manager
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2000-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Eric M. Ludlam <zappo@gnu.org>
 ;; Keywords: tags
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ If one doesn't exist, create it."
    )
   "Table used for search results when there is no file or table association.
 Examples include search results from external sources such as from
-Emacs' own symbol table, or from external libraries.")
+Emacs's own symbol table, or from external libraries.")
 
 (defmethod semanticdb-refresh-table ((obj semanticdb-search-results-table) &optional force)
   "If the tag list associated with OBJ is loaded, refresh it.
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el
index f12beed3271..22e0ade987d 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;;; authors.el --- utility for maintaining Emacs' AUTHORS file -*-coding: utf-8;-*-
+;;; authors.el --- utility for maintaining Emacs's AUTHORS file -*-coding: utf-8;-*-
 
 ;; Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 ;;; Commentary:
 
 ;; Use M-x authors RET to create an *Authors* buffer that can used as
-;; or merged with Emacs' AUTHORS file.
+;; or merged with Emacs's AUTHORS file.
 
 ;;; Code:
 
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
index 2ced0e8a466..b3e54b415d8 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ KEYS is expanded with `substitute-command-keys' before it is used.
 
 KEYS is nil, a string or a vector; nil or a keyboard equivalent to this
 menu item.
-This is a hint that will considerably speed up Emacs' first display of
+This is a hint that will considerably speed up Emacs's first display of
 a menu.  Use `:key-sequence nil' when you know that this menu item has no
 keyboard equivalent.
 
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el
index be8eb77f170..9cbe29bf322 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert.el
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ run.  DEBUGGER-ARGS are the arguments to `debugger'."
                   (make-ert-test-failed :condition condition
                                         :backtrace backtrace
                                         :infos infos))))
-         ;; Work around Emacs' heuristic (in eval.c) for detecting
+         ;; Work around Emacs's heuristic (in eval.c) for detecting
          ;; errors in the debugger.
          (incf num-nonmacro-input-events)
          ;; FIXME: We should probably implement more fine-grained
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ewoc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ewoc.el
index eed25ecfb85..4fd87209b38 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ewoc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ewoc.el
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 ;;; Commentary:
 
 ;; Ewoc Was Once Cookie
-;; But now it's Emacs' Widget for Object Collections
+;; But now it's Emacs's Widget for Object Collections
 
 ;; As the name implies this derives from the `cookie' package (part
 ;; of Elib).  The changes are pervasive though mostly superficial:
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
index ac391fed2c2..6d12fe19277 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ This means the number of non-shy regexp grouping constructs
   "Return a regexp to match a string in the sorted list STRINGS.
 If PAREN non-nil, output regexp parentheses around returned regexp.
 If LAX non-nil, don't output parentheses if it doesn't require them.
-Merges keywords to avoid backtracking in Emacs' regexp matcher."
+Merges keywords to avoid backtracking in Emacs's regexp matcher."
   ;; The basic idea is to find the shortest common prefix or suffix, remove it
   ;; and recurse.  If there is no prefix, we divide the list into two so that
   ;; \(at least) one half will have at least a one-character common prefix.
diff --git a/lisp/emulation/cua-base.el b/lisp/emulation/cua-base.el
index a7cc40cea4b..9e7be0f670d 100644
--- a/lisp/emulation/cua-base.el
+++ b/lisp/emulation/cua-base.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; cua-base.el --- emulate CUA key bindings
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1997-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
 ;; Keywords: keyboard emulations convenience cua
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 
 ;; CUA register support
 ;; --------------------
-;; Emacs' standard register support is also based on a separate set of
+;; Emacs's standard register support is also based on a separate set of
 ;; "register commands".
 ;;
 ;; CUA's register support is activated by providing a numeric
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
 ;; CUA rectangle support
 ;; ---------------------
-;; Emacs' normal rectangle support is based on interpreting the region
+;; Emacs's normal rectangle support is based on interpreting the region
 ;; between the mark and point as a "virtual rectangle", and using a
 ;; completely separate set of "rectangle commands" [C-x r ...] on the
 ;; region to copy, kill, fill a.s.o. the virtual rectangle.
diff --git a/lisp/emulation/tpu-edt.el b/lisp/emulation/tpu-edt.el
index 305e3e73be0..eaf88ccdf85 100644
--- a/lisp/emulation/tpu-edt.el
+++ b/lisp/emulation/tpu-edt.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; tpu-edt.el --- Emacs emulating TPU emulating EDT
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1993-1995, 2000-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1993-1995, 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Rob Riepel <riepel@networking.stanford.edu>
 ;; Maintainer: Rob Riepel <riepel@networking.stanford.edu>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 ;;    details.
 
 ;;    Like TPU, Emacs uses multiple buffers.  Some buffers are used to hold
-;;    files you are editing; other "internal" buffers are used for Emacs' own
+;;    files you are editing; other "internal" buffers are used for Emacs's own
 ;;    purposes (like showing you help).  Here are some commands for dealing
 ;;    with buffers.
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 
 ;;    ; Emacs uses Control-s and Control-q.  Problems can occur when using
 ;;    ; Emacs on terminals that use these codes for flow control (Xon/Xoff
-;;    ; flow control).  These lines disable Emacs' use of these characters.
+;;    ; flow control).  These lines disable Emacs's use of these characters.
 ;;    (global-unset-key "\C-s")
 ;;    (global-unset-key "\C-q")
 
diff --git a/lisp/emulation/viper-util.el b/lisp/emulation/viper-util.el
index 7cba5441c23..cdeef733bc5 100644
--- a/lisp/emulation/viper-util.el
+++ b/lisp/emulation/viper-util.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; viper-util.el --- Utilities used by viper.el
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1994-1997, 1999-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1994-1997, 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
 ;; Package: viper
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Otherwise return the normal value."
     result))
 
 ;; Emacs used to count each multibyte character as several positions in the buffer,
-;; so we had to use Emacs' chars-in-region to count characters. Since 20.3,
+;; so we had to use Emacs's chars-in-region to count characters. Since 20.3,
 ;; Emacs counts multibyte characters as 1 position.  XEmacs has always been
 ;; counting each char as just one pos. So, now we can simply subtract beg from
 ;; end to determine the number of characters in a region.
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ Otherwise return the normal value."
        lis)))
 
 
-;; Smooths out the difference between Emacs' unread-command-events
+;; Smooths out the difference between Emacs's unread-command-events
 ;; and XEmacs unread-command-event.  Arg is a character, an event, a list of
 ;; events or a sequence of keys.
 ;;
diff --git a/lisp/emulation/viper.el b/lisp/emulation/viper.el
index d304a247bb8..12c186e234e 100644
--- a/lisp/emulation/viper.el
+++ b/lisp/emulation/viper.el
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 ;;    facility in the original Vi.
 ;;    First, one can execute any Emacs command while defining a
 ;;    macro, not just the Vi commands.  Second, macros are defined in a
-;;    WYSYWYG mode, using an interface to Emacs' WYSIWYG style of defining
+;;    WYSYWYG mode, using an interface to Emacs's WYSIWYG style of defining
 ;;    macros.  Third, in Viper, one can define macros that are specific to
 ;;    a given buffer, a given major mode, or macros defined for all buffers.
 ;;    The same macro name can have several different definitions:
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ and improving upon much of it.
       use Emacs productively, you are advised to reach user level 3 or higher.
 
       At user level 2 or higher, ^X and ^C have Emacs, not Vi, bindings;
-      ^Z toggles Vi/Emacs states; ^G is Emacs' keyboard-quit (like ^C in Vi).
+      ^Z toggles Vi/Emacs states; ^G is Emacs's keyboard-quit (like ^C in Vi).
 
    2. Vi exit functions (e.g., :wq, ZZ) work on INDIVIDUAL files -- they
       do not cause Emacs to quit, except at user level 1 (for a novice).
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-compat.el b/lisp/erc/erc-compat.el
index 4057d1eabc2..1fb3930091e 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-compat.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-compat.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; erc-compat.el --- ERC compatibility code for XEmacs
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2005-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org>
 ;; URL: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ERC
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ See `erc-encoding-coding-alist'."
 are placed.
 Note that this should end with a directory separator.")
 
-;; XEmacs' `replace-match' does not replace matching subexpressions in strings.
+;; XEmacs's `replace-match' does not replace matching subexpressions in strings.
 (defun erc-replace-match-subexpression-in-string
   (newtext string match subexp start &optional fixedcase literal)
   "Replace the subexpression SUBEXP of the last match in STRING with NEWTEXT.
diff --git a/lisp/eshell/em-unix.el b/lisp/eshell/em-unix.el
index 6ac53e30e86..1875506fe9d 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/em-unix.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/em-unix.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; em-unix.el --- UNIX command aliases
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1999-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: John Wiegley <johnw@gnu.org>
 
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ available..."
 
 (defun eshell-grep (command args &optional maybe-use-occur)
   "Generic service function for the various grep aliases.
-It calls Emacs' grep utility if the command is not redirecting output,
+It calls Emacs's grep utility if the command is not redirecting output,
 and if it's not part of a command pipeline.  Otherwise, it calls the
 external command."
   (if (and maybe-use-occur eshell-no-grep-available)
diff --git a/lisp/eshell/em-xtra.el b/lisp/eshell/em-xtra.el
index 4f9b921d5ef..3dfb33d37e3 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/em-xtra.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/em-xtra.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; em-xtra.el --- extra alias functions
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1999-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: John Wiegley <johnw@gnu.org>
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 (eshell-defgroup eshell-xtra nil
   "This module defines some extra alias functions which are entirely
 optional.  They can be viewed as samples for how to write Eshell alias
-functions, or as aliases which make some of Emacs' behavior more
+functions, or as aliases which make some of Emacs's behavior more
 naturally accessible within Emacs."
   :tag "Extra alias functions"
   :group 'eshell-module)
diff --git a/lisp/eshell/eshell.el b/lisp/eshell/eshell.el
index e4478aefd6d..224451eacba 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/eshell.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/eshell.el
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@
 ;;   paragraph wasn't discovered until two months after I wrote the
 ;;   text; it was not intentional).
 ;;
-;; @ Emacs' register and bookmarking facilities can be used for
+;; @ Emacs's register and bookmarking facilities can be used for
 ;;   remembering where you've been, and what you've seen -- to varying
 ;;   levels of persistence.  They could perhaps even be tied to
 ;;   specific "moments" during eshell execution, which would include
 ;;   the environment at that time, as well as other variables.
-;;   Although this would require functionality orthogonal to Emacs'
+;;   Although this would require functionality orthogonal to Emacs's
 ;;   own bookmarking facilities, the interface used could be made to
 ;;   operate very similarly.
 ;;
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index acd04de34ec..8ebb98c001b 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
-;; Defines most of Emacs's file- and directory-handling functions,
+;; Defines most of Emacs'ss file- and directory-handling functions,
 ;; including basic file visiting, backup generation, link handling,
 ;; ITS-id version control, load- and write-hook handling, and the like.
 
@@ -5259,7 +5259,7 @@ non-nil, it is called instead of rereading visited file contents."
 			 (unlock-buffer)))
 		   (widen)
 		   (let ((coding-system-for-read
-			  ;; Auto-saved file should be read by Emacs'
+			  ;; Auto-saved file should be read by Emacs's
 			  ;; internal coding.
 			  (if auto-save-p 'auto-save-coding
 			    (or coding-system-for-read
diff --git a/lisp/filesets.el b/lisp/filesets.el
index cecf14753f4..86ebe47580b 100644
--- a/lisp/filesets.el
+++ b/lisp/filesets.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; filesets.el --- handle group of files
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2002-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Thomas Link <sanobast-emacs@yahoo.de>
 ;; Maintainer: FSF
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ Caveat: Changes will take effect after rebuilding the menu."
 This is for calls via `filesets-find-or-display-file'
 or `filesets-find-file'.
 
-Set this to 0, if you don't use XEmacs' buffer tabs."
+Set this to 0, if you don't use XEmacs's buffer tabs."
   :set (function filesets-set-default)
   :type 'number
   :group 'filesets)
diff --git a/lisp/font-lock.el b/lisp/font-lock.el
index 1a7022da012..4222791705b 100644
--- a/lisp/font-lock.el
+++ b/lisp/font-lock.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; font-lock.el --- Electric font lock mode
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1992-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1992-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Jamie Zawinski
 ;;	Richard Stallman
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 ;;
 ;; The syntactic keyword pass places `syntax-table' text properties in the
 ;; buffer according to the variable `font-lock-syntactic-keywords'.  It is
-;; necessary because Emacs' syntax table is not powerful enough to describe all
+;; necessary because Emacs's syntax table is not powerful enough to describe all
 ;; the different syntactic constructs required by the sort of people who decide
 ;; that a single quote can be syntactic or not depending on the time of day.
 ;; (What sort of person could decide to overload the meaning of a quote?)
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gmm-utils.el b/lisp/gnus/gmm-utils.el
index 347f34b3228..975b83370ba 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gmm-utils.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gmm-utils.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; gmm-utils.el --- Utility functions for Gnus, Message and MML
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2006-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Reiner Steib <reiner.steib@gmx.de>
 ;; Keywords: news
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ compatibility with versions of Emacs that lack the variable
                 dir (expand-file-name "../" dir))))
       (setq image-directory-load-path dir))
 
-    ;; If `image-directory-load-path' isn't Emacs' image directory,
+    ;; If `image-directory-load-path' isn't Emacs's image directory,
     ;; it's probably a user preference, so use it.  Then use a
     ;; relative setting if possible; otherwise, use
     ;; `image-directory-load-path'.
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ compatibility with versions of Emacs that lack the variable
               ;; Set it to nil if image is not found.
               (cond ((file-exists-p (expand-file-name image d2ei)) d2ei)
                     ((file-exists-p (expand-file-name image d1ei)) d1ei)))))
-     ;; Use Emacs' image directory.
+     ;; Use Emacs's image directory.
      (image-directory-load-path
       (setq image-directory image-directory-load-path))
      (no-error
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el
index 5178220af8f..bbd3c95265d 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; gnus-agent.el --- unplugged support for Gnus
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1997-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ manipulated as follows:
 		  (make-mode-line-mouse-map mouse-button mouse-func)
 		  'mouse-face
 		  (if (and (featurep 'xemacs)
-			   ;; XEmacs' `facep' only checks for a face
+			   ;; XEmacs's `facep' only checks for a face
 			   ;; object, not for a face name, so it's useless
 			   ;; to check with `facep'.
 			   (find-face 'modeline))
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-score.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-score.el
index 8f06359ace8..f86b6f837a7 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-score.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-score.el
@@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@ If ADAPT, return the home adaptive file instead."
 			   (* (abs score)
 			      gnus-score-decay-scale)))))))
     (if (and (featurep 'xemacs)
-	     ;; XEmacs' floor can handle only the floating point
+	     ;; XEmacs's floor can handle only the floating point
 	     ;; number below the half of the maximum integer.
 	     (> (abs n) (lsh -1 -2)))
 	(string-to-number
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/mm-decode.el b/lisp/gnus/mm-decode.el
index 09617384049..4a6da2d437c 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/mm-decode.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/mm-decode.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; mm-decode.el --- Functions for decoding MIME things
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1998-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
 ;;	MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@jaist.ac.jp>
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ be determined."
   (let ((image (mm-get-image handle)))
     (or (not image)
 	(if (featurep 'xemacs)
-	    ;; XEmacs' glyphs can actually tell us about their width, so
+	    ;; XEmacs's glyphs can actually tell us about their width, so
 	    ;; let's be nice and smart about them.
 	    (or mm-inline-large-images
 		(and (<= (glyph-width image) (window-pixel-width))
diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index a38211332c6..1a6aa9d13d2 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ;;; help.el --- help commands for Emacs
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1993-1994, 1998-2012
-;;   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1993-1994, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Maintainer: FSF
 ;; Keywords: help, internal
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
-;; This code implements GNU Emacs' on-line help system, the one invoked by
+;; This code implements GNU Emacs's on-line help system, the one invoked by
 ;; `M-x help-for-help'.
 
 ;;; Code:
diff --git a/lisp/htmlfontify.el b/lisp/htmlfontify.el
index 4c811d885d7..b94d4293fa7 100644
--- a/lisp/htmlfontify.el
+++ b/lisp/htmlfontify.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; htmlfontify.el --- htmlize a buffer/source tree with optional hyperlinks
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2009-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Emacs Lisp Archive Entry
 ;; Package: htmlfontify
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ commands in `hfy-etags-cmd-alist'."
   "The etags equivalent command to run in a source directory to generate a tags
 file for the whole source tree from there on down.  The command should emit
 the etags output on stdout.\n
-Two canned commands are provided - they drive Emacs' etags and
+Two canned commands are provided - they drive Emacs's etags and
 exuberant-ctags' etags respectively."
   :group 'htmlfontify
   :tag   "etags-command"
@@ -859,13 +859,13 @@ If CLASS is set, it must be a `defface' alist key [see below],
 in which case the first face specification returned by `hfy-combined-face-spec'
 which *doesn't* clash with CLASS is returned.\n
 \(A specification with a class of t is considered to match any class you
-specify - this matches Emacs' behavior when deciding on which face attributes
+specify - this matches Emacs's behavior when deciding on which face attributes
 to use, to the best of my understanding).\n
 If CLASS is nil, then you just get whatever `face-attr-construct' returns,
 ie the current specification in effect for FACE.\n
 *NOTE*: This function forces any face that is not 'default and which has
 no :inherit property to inherit from 'default (this is because 'default
-is magical in that Emacs' fonts behave as if they inherit implicitly from
+is magical in that Emacs's fonts behave as if they inherit implicitly from
 'default, but no such behavior exists in HTML/CSS).\n
 See also `hfy-display-class' for details of valid values for CLASS."
   (let ((face-spec
diff --git a/lisp/image.el b/lisp/image.el
index ab3f437a971..162cc8bb0ed 100644
--- a/lisp/image.el
+++ b/lisp/image.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; image.el --- image API
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1998-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Maintainer: FSF
 ;; Keywords: multimedia
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ compatibility with versions of Emacs that lack the variable
                 dir (expand-file-name "../" dir))))
       (setq image-directory-load-path dir))
 
-    ;; If `image-directory-load-path' isn't Emacs' image directory,
+    ;; If `image-directory-load-path' isn't Emacs's image directory,
     ;; it's probably a user preference, so use it. Then use a
     ;; relative setting if possible; otherwise, use
     ;; `image-directory-load-path'.
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ compatibility with versions of Emacs that lack the variable
               ;; Set it to nil if image is not found.
               (cond ((file-exists-p (expand-file-name image d2ei)) d2ei)
                     ((file-exists-p (expand-file-name image d1ei)) d1ei)))))
-     ;; Use Emacs' image directory.
+     ;; Use Emacs's image directory.
      (image-directory-load-path
       (setq image-directory image-directory-load-path))
      (no-error
diff --git a/lisp/international/mule.el b/lisp/international/mule.el
index d4dd4e4cf24..7bf15009687 100644
--- a/lisp/international/mule.el
+++ b/lisp/international/mule.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; mule.el --- basic commands for multilingual environment
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1997-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ;; Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
 ;;   2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
 ;;   National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ compatibility.
 
 VALUE must be a nonnegative integer that can be used as an invalid
 code point of the charset.  If the minimum code is 0 and the maximum
-code is greater than Emacs' maximum integer value, `:invalid-code'
+code is greater than Emacs's maximum integer value, `:invalid-code'
 should not be omitted.
 
 `:code-offset'
diff --git a/lisp/mail/feedmail.el b/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
index e45bbfe2ca0..039f3dca4a2 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
-;; A replacement for parts of Emacs' sendmail.el (specifically,
+;; A replacement for parts of sendmail.el (specifically,
 ;; it's what handles your outgoing mail after you hit C-c C-c in mail
 ;; mode).  See below for a list of additional features, including the
 ;; ability to queue messages for later sending.  This replaces
diff --git a/lisp/mh-e/mh-compat.el b/lisp/mh-e/mh-compat.el
index 97d9c4eb69d..4a93109e7a4 100644
--- a/lisp/mh-e/mh-compat.el
+++ b/lisp/mh-e/mh-compat.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; mh-compat.el --- make MH-E compatible with various versions of Emacs
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2006-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
 ;; Maintainer: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ compatibility with versions of Emacs that lack the variable
                 dir (expand-file-name "../" dir))))
       (setq image-directory-load-path dir))
 
-    ;; If `image-directory-load-path' isn't Emacs' image directory,
+    ;; If `image-directory-load-path' isn't Emacs's image directory,
     ;; it's probably a user preference, so use it. Then use a
     ;; relative setting if possible; otherwise, use
     ;; `image-directory-load-path'.
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ compatibility with versions of Emacs that lack the variable
               ;; Set it to nil if image is not found.
               (cond ((file-exists-p (expand-file-name image d2ei)) d2ei)
                     ((file-exists-p (expand-file-name image d1ei)) d1ei)))))
-     ;; Use Emacs' image directory.
+     ;; Use Emacs's image directory.
      (image-directory-load-path
       (setq image-directory image-directory-load-path))
      (no-error
diff --git a/lisp/net/browse-url.el b/lisp/net/browse-url.el
index 50423208e34..0bfc8eda3b1 100644
--- a/lisp/net/browse-url.el
+++ b/lisp/net/browse-url.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; browse-url.el --- pass a URL to a WWW browser
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1995-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Denis Howe <dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk>
 ;; Maintainer: FSF
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ Defaults to the value of `browse-url-netscape-arguments' at the time
   :group 'browse-url)
 
 (defcustom browse-url-browser-display nil
-  "The X display for running the browser, if not same as Emacs'."
+  "The X display for running the browser, if not same as Emacs's."
   :type '(choice string (const :tag "Default" nil))
   :group 'browse-url)
 
diff --git a/lisp/net/eudc.el b/lisp/net/eudc.el
index 275f5f0fcbe..3f24a78cbbe 100644
--- a/lisp/net/eudc.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eudc.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; eudc.el --- Emacs Unified Directory Client
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1998-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Oscar Figueiredo <oscar@cpe.fr>
 ;; Maintainer: Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
       (setq plist (cdr (cdr plist))))
     nil))
 
-;; Emacs' plist-get lacks third parameter
+;; Emacs's plist-get lacks third parameter
 (defun eudc-plist-get (plist prop &optional default)
   "Extract a value from a property list.
 PLIST is a property list, which is a list of the form
diff --git a/lisp/net/secrets.el b/lisp/net/secrets.el
index 46f45c501d2..a79defed295 100644
--- a/lisp/net/secrets.el
+++ b/lisp/net/secrets.el
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 ;;   (secrets-create-collection "my collection")
 
 ;; There exists a special collection called "session", which has the
-;; lifetime of the corresponding client session (aka Emacs'
+;; lifetime of the corresponding client session (aka Emacs's
 ;; lifetime).  It is created automatically when Emacs uses the Secret
 ;; Service interface, and it is deleted when Emacs is killed.
 ;; Therefore, it can be used to store and retrieve secret items
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
 ;; Secret items can be added or deleted to a collection.  In the
 ;; following examples, we use the special collection "session", which
-;; is bound to Emacs' lifetime.
+;; is bound to Emacs's lifetime.
 ;;
 ;;   (secrets-delete-item "session" "my item")
 ;;   (secrets-create-item "session" "my item" "geheim"
diff --git a/lisp/play/gomoku.el b/lisp/play/gomoku.el
index a8ab13bd528..6b6e81dfaba 100644
--- a/lisp/play/gomoku.el
+++ b/lisp/play/gomoku.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; gomoku.el --- Gomoku game between you and Emacs
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1988, 1994, 1996, 2001-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1988, 1994, 1996, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Philippe Schnoebelen <phs@lsv.ens-cachan.fr>
 ;; Maintainer: FSF
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ One useful value to include is `turn-on-font-lock' to highlight the pieces."
 
 (defface gomoku-O
     '((((class color)) (:foreground "red" :weight bold)))
-  "Face to use for Emacs' O."
+  "Face to use for Emacs's O."
   :group 'gomoku)
 
 (defface gomoku-X
diff --git a/lisp/play/handwrite.el b/lisp/play/handwrite.el
index e2aec709b99..d2e307c0145 100644
--- a/lisp/play/handwrite.el
+++ b/lisp/play/handwrite.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; handwrite.el --- turns your emacs buffer into a handwritten document -*- coding: iso-latin-1; -*-
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1996, 2001-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1996, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Danny Roozendaal (was: <danny@tvs.kun.nl>)
 ;; Created: October 21 1996
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ Variables: `handwrite-linespace'     (default 12)
     (setq next-line-add-newlines t)
     (switch-to-buffer ps-buf-name)
     (handwrite-insert-header buf-name)
-    (insert "%%Creator: GNU Emacs' handwrite version " emacs-version  "\n")
+    (insert "%%Creator: GNU Emacs's handwrite version " emacs-version  "\n")
     (handwrite-insert-preamble)
     (handwrite-insert-info)
     (handwrite-insert-font)
diff --git a/lisp/play/landmark.el b/lisp/play/landmark.el
index a769101ad0b..29bb8a40e8f 100644
--- a/lisp/play/landmark.el
+++ b/lisp/play/landmark.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; landmark.el --- neural-network robot that learns landmarks
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1996-1997, 2000-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1996-1997, 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Terrence Brannon (was: <brannon@rana.usc.edu>)
 ;; Created: December 16, 1996 - first release to usenet
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 
 (defface landmark-font-lock-face-O '((((class color)) :foreground "red")
 			       (t :weight bold))
-  "Face to use for Emacs' O."
+  "Face to use for Emacs's O."
   :version "22.1"
   :group 'landmark)
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/antlr-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/antlr-mode.el
index 634570cf3e4..9c9a8e09d49 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/antlr-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/antlr-mode.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; antlr-mode.el --- major mode for ANTLR grammar files
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1999-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Christoph.Wedler@sap.com
 ;; Keywords: languages, ANTLR, code generator
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ group.  The string matched by the first group is highlighted with
 	 (antlr-re-search-forward
 	  "^\\(private\\|public\\|protected\\)\\>[ \t]*\\(\\(\\sw+[ \t]*\\(:\\)?\\)\\)?"
 	  limit))
-     (1 font-lock-type-face)		; not XEmacs' java level-3 fruit salad
+     (1 font-lock-type-face)		; not XEmacs's java level-3 fruit salad
      (3 (if (antlr-upcase-p (char-after (match-beginning 3)))
 	    antlr-tokendef-face
 	  antlr-ruledef-face) nil t)
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ not to confuse their context_cache.")
 (define-abbrev-table 'antlr-mode-abbrev-table ())
 
 (defvar antlr-slow-cache-enabling-symbol 'loudly
-;; Emacs' font-lock changes buffer's tick counter, therefore this value should
+;; Emacs's font-lock changes buffer's tick counter, therefore this value should
 ;; be a parameter of a font-lock function, but not any other variable of
 ;; functions which call `antlr-slow-syntactic-context'.
   "If value is a bound symbol, cache will be used even with text changes.
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ WARNING: this may alter `match-data'."
   (or (buffer-syntactic-context) (buffer-syntactic-context-depth))
   :EMACS
   (let ((orig (point)) diff state
-	;; Arg, Emacs' (buffer-modified-tick) changes with font-lock.  Use
+	;; Arg, Emacs's (buffer-modified-tick) changes with font-lock.  Use
 	;; hack that `loudly' is bound during font-locking => cache use will
 	;; increase from 7% to 99.99% during font-locking.
 	(tick (or (boundp antlr-slow-cache-enabling-symbol)
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/vhdl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/vhdl-mode.el
index d765a960470..c9bf638bb59 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/vhdl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/vhdl-mode.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; vhdl-mode.el --- major mode for editing VHDL code
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1992-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1992-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Authors:     Reto Zimmermann <reto@gnu.org>
 ;;              Rodney J. Whitby <software.vhdl-mode@rwhitby.net>
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ Ignore byte-compiler warnings you might see."
 ;; `wildcard-to-regexp' is included only in XEmacs 21
 (unless (fboundp 'wildcard-to-regexp)
   (defun wildcard-to-regexp (wildcard)
-    "Simplified version of `wildcard-to-regexp' from Emacs' `files.el'."
+    "Simplified version of `wildcard-to-regexp' from Emacs's `files.el'."
     (let* ((i (string-match "[*?]" wildcard))
 	   (result (substring wildcard 0 i))
 	   (len (length wildcard)))
@@ -2087,7 +2087,7 @@ Ignore byte-compiler warnings you might see."
 ;; `file-expand-wildcards' undefined (XEmacs)
 (unless (fboundp 'file-expand-wildcards)
   (defun file-expand-wildcards (pattern &optional full)
-    "Taken from Emacs' `files.el'."
+    "Taken from Emacs's `files.el'."
     (let* ((nondir (file-name-nondirectory pattern))
     	   (dirpart (file-name-directory pattern))
     	   (dirs (if (and dirpart (string-match "[[*?]" dirpart))
diff --git a/lisp/shell.el b/lisp/shell.el
index 1ed43863452..7c5ce49a967 100644
--- a/lisp/shell.el
+++ b/lisp/shell.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; shell.el --- specialized comint.el for running the shell -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1988, 1993-1997, 2000-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1988, 1993-1997, 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Olin Shivers <shivers@cs.cmu.edu>
 ;;	Simon Marshall <simon@gnu.org>
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ to continue it.
 keep this buffer's default directory the same as the shell's working directory.
 While directory tracking is enabled, the shell's working directory is displayed
 by \\[list-buffers] or \\[mouse-buffer-menu] in the `File' field.
-\\[dirs] queries the shell and resyncs Emacs' idea of what the current
+\\[dirs] queries the shell and resyncs Emacs's idea of what the current
     directory stack is.
 \\[shell-dirtrack-mode] turns directory tracking on and off.
 \(The `dirtrack' package provides an alternative implementation of this
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
index 4e8f0a5a82c..09f6b6b7cf2 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   :group 'sgml
   :type 'hook)
 
-;; As long as Emacs' syntax can't be complemented with predicates to context
+;; As long as Emacs's syntax can't be complemented with predicates to context
 ;; sensitively confirm the syntax of characters, we have to live with this
 ;; kludgy kind of tradeoff.
 (defvar sgml-specials '(?\")
diff --git a/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el b/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el
index ba4a2766526..16e33889c31 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/diff-mode.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; diff-mode.el --- a mode for viewing/editing context diffs -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1998-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 ;; Keywords: convenience patch diff vc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 ;; to the corresponding source file.
 
 ;; Inspired by Pavel Machek's patch-mode.el (<pavel@@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>)
-;; Some efforts were spent to have it somewhat compatible with XEmacs'
+;; Some efforts were spent to have it somewhat compatible with XEmacs's
 ;; diff-mode as well as with compilation-minor-mode
 
 ;; Bugs:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ when editing big diffs)."
     ("{" . diff-file-prev)
     ("\C-m" . diff-goto-source)
     ([mouse-2] . diff-goto-source)
-    ;; From XEmacs' diff-mode.
+    ;; From XEmacs's diff-mode.
     ("W" . widen)
     ;;("." . diff-goto-source)		;display-buffer
     ;;("f" . diff-goto-source)		;find-file
diff --git a/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el b/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el
index 87740cdc75a..78a2163f653 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el
@@ -3103,7 +3103,7 @@ Hit \\[ediff-recenter] to reset the windows afterward."
 ;; according to context.
 ;; If DEFAULT-FILE is set, it should be used as the default value.
 ;; If DEFAULT-DIR is non-nil, use it as the default directory.
-;; Otherwise, use the value of Emacs' variable `default-directory.'
+;; Otherwise, use the value of `default-directory.'
 (defun ediff-read-file-name (prompt default-dir default-file &optional no-dirs)
   ;; hack default-dir if it is not set
   (setq default-dir
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-bzr.el b/lisp/vc/vc-bzr.el
index 8c397144bf2..9f35fc8f035 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-bzr.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-bzr.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; vc-bzr.el --- VC backend for the bzr revision control system
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2006-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
 ;; 	   Riccardo Murri <riccardo.murri@gmail.com>
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ If any error occurred in running `bzr status', then return nil."
             (skip-chars-forward " \n\t") ;Throw away spaces.
             (cons status
                   ;; "bzr" will output warnings and informational messages to
-                  ;; stderr; due to Emacs' `vc-do-command' (and, it seems,
+                  ;; stderr; due to Emacs's `vc-do-command' (and, it seems,
                   ;; `start-process' itself) limitations, we cannot catch stderr
                   ;; and stdout into different buffers.  So, if there's anything
                   ;; left in the buffer after removing the above status
diff --git a/lisp/w32-fns.el b/lisp/w32-fns.el
index aba14480fa9..aff2df3dc77 100644
--- a/lisp/w32-fns.el
+++ b/lisp/w32-fns.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; w32-fns.el --- Lisp routines for 32-bit Windows
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1994, 2001-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1994, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Geoff Voelker <voelker@cs.washington.edu>
 ;; Keywords: internal
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ You should set this to t when using a non-system shell.\n\n"))))
 (add-hook 'before-init-hook 'set-default-process-coding-system)
 
 
-;;; Basic support functions for managing Emacs' locale setting
+;;; Basic support functions for managing Emacs's locale setting
 
 (defvar w32-valid-locales nil
   "List of locale ids known to be supported.")