--- a/doc/interpreter/grammar.texi	Wed Feb 19 19:22:39 1997 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/grammar.texi	Wed Feb 19 19:25:56 1997 +0000
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@
 @end group
 @end example
 
-The following command-like functions are also reserved, and may not be
-used as variable or function names:
+The following command-like functions are also speical.  They may be used
+as simple variable names, but not as formal parameters for functions, or
+as the names of structure variables.  Failed assignments leave them
+undefined (you can recover the orginal definition as a function using
+clear).
 
 @example
 @group

--- a/doc/interpreter/install.texi	Wed Feb 19 19:22:39 1997 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/install.texi	Wed Feb 19 19:25:56 1997 +0000
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
 available to devote to making binaries, so binaries may not be
 immediately available for some platforms.  (Please contact
 @email{bug-octave@@bevo.che.wisc.edu} if you are interested in helping
-make a binary distributions available for your system.)
+make a binary distribution available for your system.)
 
 Also, binary distributions are limited to static binaries that do not
 support dynamic linking.  For earlier versions of Octave, I tried

--- a/doc/interpreter/intro.texi	Wed Feb 19 19:22:39 1997 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/intro.texi	Wed Feb 19 19:25:56 1997 +0000
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
 
 Command descriptions have a format similar to function descriptions,
 except that the word `Function' is replaced by `Command.  Commands are
-functions that are called without surrounding their arguments in
+functions that may called without surrounding their arguments in
 parentheses.  For example, here is the description for Octave's
 @code{cd} command: