--- a/doc/interpreter/doccheck/aspell-octave.en.pws	Sun Mar 27 20:39:19 2016 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/doccheck/aspell-octave.en.pws	Sun Mar 27 21:34:08 2016 -0700
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 personal_ws-1.1 en 1
 accumarray
+Acknowledgements
 acknowledgements
-Acknowledgements
 ACM
 adams
 Affero
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 amd
 amongst
 anisotropic
+ANOVA
 anova
-ANOVA
 Anymap
 API
 APIs
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 autoload
 Autoload
 autoloaded
+autoloading
 Autoloading
-autoloading
 Automake
 autoregression
 autoregressions
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@
 AWK
 awt
 backend
+backends
 Backends
-backends
 backgroundcolor
 backtrace
 bartlett
 Barycentric
 BaseValue
 basevalue
+BDF
 bdf
-BDF
 benchmarking
 betacdf
 betainv
@@ -98,12 +98,13 @@
 breakpoint
 broadcastable
 BSX
+BufSize
 builtin
 builtins
 ButtonDownFcn
 BV
+bz
 BZ
-bz
 bzip
 CallbackObject
 callee's
@@ -114,8 +115,8 @@
 ccolamd
 cd
 cdata
+CDF
 cdf
-CDF
 CDFs
 cdot
 ceil
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@
 coffset
 colamd
 collectoutput
+CollectOutput
 colorbar
 colormap
 colormaps
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@
 Comint
 Commandline
 commentstyle
+CommentStyle
 compilable
 ComplexEqn
 cond
@@ -191,9 +194,10 @@
 createcancelbtn
 CreateFcn
 CRLF
+crout
 Crout
-crout
 cryptographic
+CSV
 csymamd
 ctranspose
 CTRL
@@ -233,8 +237,8 @@
 Deconvolve
 decrement
 deftypefn
+Delaunay
 delaunay
-Delaunay
 delaunayn
 DeleteFcn
 delim
@@ -253,8 +257,8 @@
 dimensionally
 dir
 disp
+DisplayName
 displayname
-DisplayName
 DisplayNames
 displayrange
 distributable
@@ -288,12 +292,14 @@
 elementwise
 elseif
 emacs
+EmptyValue
 emptyvalue
 endfunction
 endian
 Endian
 endif
 endofline
+EndOfLine
 eof
 EOF
 EOLs
@@ -301,15 +307,15 @@
 eps
 eq
 equidistributed
+Equilibration
 equilibration
-Equilibration
 equispaced
 erf
 erfc
 erfi
 errno
+errorbar
 Errorbar
-errorbar
 Errorbars
 errorbars
 errordlg
@@ -333,8 +339,8 @@
 fcdf
 femmodel
 FFF
+FFT
 fft
-FFT
 fftn
 fftpack
 FFTs
@@ -354,8 +360,8 @@
 FIXME
 flac
 FlashPix
+fltk
 FLTK
-fltk
 fminunc
 fontconfig
 fontname
@@ -367,8 +373,8 @@
 fprintf
 FreeBSD
 freespacing
+freetype
 FreeType
-freetype
 frnd
 frob
 Frobenius
@@ -438,8 +444,9 @@
 hanning
 hardcode
 hardcoding
+hdf
 HDF
-hdf
+HeaderLines
 headerlines
 headlength
 headstyle
@@ -452,8 +459,8 @@
 heteroscedascity
 hggroup
 hggroups
+HH
 hh
-HH
 histc
 holomorphic
 horizontalalignment
@@ -474,8 +481,8 @@
 ichol
 ict
 IEC
+IEEE
 ieee
-IEEE
 ifelse
 ifft
 ifftn
@@ -486,14 +493,14 @@
 Im
 imag
 ImageMagick
+Indices
 indices
-Indices
 infeasible
 infty
 init
 InitialValue
+inline
 Inline
-inline
 inpolygon
 inputdlg
 integrand
@@ -542,8 +549,8 @@
 keybindings
 keypress
 keypressfcn
+kolmogorov
 Kolmogorov
-kolmogorov
 Konrod
 kron
 kruskal
@@ -590,8 +597,8 @@
 ListString
 literalspacing
 LLVM
+LM
 lm
-LM
 loadpath
 Lobatto
 logarithmically
@@ -602,8 +609,8 @@
 lognormal
 lognpdf
 lognrnd
+Lookup
 lookup
-Lookup
 lookups
 Lovato
 lpx
@@ -683,6 +690,7 @@
 multiline
 multipage
 multipledelimsasone
+MultipleDelimsAsOne
 MultiSelect
 mxArray
 myclass
@@ -741,8 +749,8 @@
 notin
 nrows
 nthargout
+NTSC
 ntsc
-NTSC
 numel
 Numpy
 nzmax
@@ -750,8 +758,8 @@
 octaverc
 ODEPACK
 ODEs
+Ogg
 ogg
-Ogg
 OKString
 OLS
 onCleanup
@@ -778,8 +786,8 @@
 paperposition
 PaperPosition
 papersize
+paperunits
 PaperUnits
-paperunits
 parametrically
 parseparams
 PBM
@@ -790,12 +798,12 @@
 pcg
 pchip
 pcr
+pcre
 PCRE
-pcre
+PCX
 pcx
-PCX
+pdf
 PDF
-pdf
 pdflatex
 pearson
 pentadiagonal
@@ -842,8 +850,8 @@
 printf
 priori
 probit
+Profiler
 profiler
-Profiler
 programmatically
 prolate
 PromptString
@@ -912,8 +920,8 @@
 reproducibility
 resampled
 resampling
+resize
 Resize
-resize
 resized
 resizing
 Resizing
@@ -922,13 +930,14 @@
 restoreBG
 restorePrevious
 RET
+ReturnOnError
 returnonerror
 rfloor
 RGB
 rgb
 Riccati
+rightarrow
 Rightarrow
-rightarrow
 rle
 rline
 rmdir
@@ -970,8 +979,8 @@
 skewness
 slx
 sm
+Smirnov
 smirnov
-Smirnov
 SouthOutside
 sp
 spadesuit
@@ -1004,8 +1013,8 @@
 ss
 sT
 stairstep
+Startup
 startup
-Startup
 statinfo
 stdin
 stdnormal
@@ -1030,8 +1039,8 @@
 subexpressions
 subfunction
 Subfunction
+Subfunctions
 subfunctions
-Subfunctions
 subinterval
 subintervals
 Subintervals
@@ -1045,8 +1054,8 @@
 subprocesses
 Subprocesses
 subsasgn
+Subscripted
 subscripted
-Subscripted
 subscripting
 subseteq
 subsindex
@@ -1077,8 +1086,8 @@
 SwitzerlandLight
 Sym
 sym
+SYMAMD
 symamd
-SYMAMD
 symbfact
 symrcm
 Syntaxes
@@ -1116,8 +1125,8 @@
 TolF
 TolFun
 TolX
+Toolkits
 toolkits
-Toolkits
 toplevel
 tp
 tpdf
@@ -1125,6 +1134,7 @@
 TRANSA
 trapz
 treatasempty
+TreatAsEmpty
 treelayout
 treeplot
 tridiagonal
@@ -1132,23 +1142,23 @@
 trimesh
 triplot
 trnd
+truecolor
 TrueColor
-truecolor
 Tukey
 tuples
 Tx
 txi
 typedefs
 TypicalX
+UB
 ub
-UB
 uchar
 UHESS
 UI
+uicontextmenu
 Uicontextmenu
-uicontextmenu
+Uicontrol
 uicontrol
-Uicontrol
 uicontrols
 UID
 uimenu
@@ -1160,10 +1170,10 @@
 uipushtool
 uipushtools
 uiputfile
+uitoggletool
 Uitoggletool
-uitoggletool
+uitoolbar
 Uitoolbar
-uitoolbar
 ulong
 Ultrix
 umfpack
@@ -1231,35 +1241,35 @@
 verticalalignment
 vertices
 viewable
+vorbis
 Vorbis
-vorbis
+voronoi
 Voronoi
-voronoi
 waitbar
 waitbars
 wallis
 warndlg
+WAV
 wav
-WAV
 WayPoints
 wblcdf
 wblinv
 wblpdf
 wblrnd
 Weibull
+welch
 Welch
-welch
 WestOutside
 Whitespace
 whitespace
 whos
 wienrnd
 Wikipedia
+wilcoxon
 Wilcoxon
-wilcoxon
 wildcard
+wildcards
 Wildcards
-wildcards
 windowbuttondownfcn
 windowbuttonmotionfcn
 windowbuttonupfcn

--- a/libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc	Sun Mar 27 20:39:19 2016 -0700
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc	Sun Mar 27 21:34:08 2016 -0700
@@ -1238,36 +1238,32 @@
 Read data from a text file or string.\n\
 \n\
 The string @var{str} or file associated with @var{fid} is read from and\n\
-parsed according to @var{format}.\n\
-The function is an extension of @code{strread} and @code{textread}.\n\
-Differences include: the ability to read from either a file or a string,\n\
-additional options, and additional format specifiers.\n\
+parsed according to @var{format}.  The function is an extension of\n\
+@code{strread} and @code{textread}.  Differences include: the ability to\n\
+read from either a file or a string, additional options, and additional\n\
+format specifiers.\n\
 \n\
-The input is interpreted as a sequence of \"words\", delimiters\n\
-(such as whitespace) and literals.\n\
-The characters that form delimiters and whitespace are determined\n\
-by the options.\n\
-The format consists of format specifiers interspersed between literals.\n\
-In the format, whitespace forms a delimiter between consecutive literals,\n\
-but is otherwise ignored.\n\
+The input is interpreted as a sequence of words, delimiters (such as\n\
+whitespace), and literals.  The characters that form delimiters and\n\
+whitespace are determined by the options.  The format consists of format\n\
+specifiers interspersed between literals.  In the format, whitespace forms\n\
+a delimiter between consecutive literals, but is otherwise ignored.\n\
 \n\
-The output @var{C} is a cell array whose second dimension is determined\n\
+The output @var{C} is a cell array where the number of columns is determined\n\
 by the number of format specifiers.\n\
 \n\
-The first word of the input is matched to the first specifier of the\n\
-format and placed in the first column of the output;\n\
-the second is matched to the second specifier and placed in the second column\n\
-and so forth.\n\
-If there are more words than specifiers, the process is repeated until all\n\
-words have been processed or the limit imposed by @var{repeat} has been met\n\
-(see below).\n\
+The first word of the input is matched to the first specifier of the format\n\
+and placed in the first column of the output; the second is matched to the\n\
+second specifier and placed in the second column and so forth.  If there\n\
+are more words than specifiers then the process is repeated until all words\n\
+have been processed or the limit imposed by @var{repeat} has been met (see\n\
+below).\n\
 \n\
 The string @var{format} describes how the words in @var{str} should be\n\
-parsed.\n\
-As in @var{fscanf}, any (non-whitespace) text in the format that is\n\
-not one of these specifiers is considered a literal;\n\
-if there is a literal between two format specifiers then that same literal\n\
-must appear in the input stream between the matching words.\n\
+parsed.  As in @var{fscanf}, any (non-whitespace) text in the format that is\n\
+not one of these specifiers is considered a literal.  If there is a literal\n\
+between two format specifiers then that same literal must appear in the\n\
+input stream between the matching words.\n\
 \n\
 The following specifiers are valid:\n\
 \n\
@@ -1285,94 +1281,86 @@
 @itemx %d16\n\
 @itemx %d32\n\
 @itemx %d64\n\
-The word is parsed as a number and converted to int8, int16, int32 or int64.\n\
-If not size is specified, int32 is used.\n\
+The word is parsed as a number and converted to int8, int16, int32, or\n\
+int64.  If no size is specified then int32 is used.\n\
 \n\
 @item  %u\n\
 @itemx %u8\n\
 @itemx %u16\n\
 @itemx %u32\n\
 @itemx %u64\n\
-The word is parsed as a number and converted to uint8, uint16, uint32 or\n\
-uint64. If not size is specified, uint32 is used.\n\
+The word is parsed as a number and converted to uint8, uint16, uint32, or\n\
+uint64.  If no size is specified then uint32 is used.\n\
 \n\
 @item %s\n\
-The word is parsed as a string, ending at the last character before\n\
-whitespace, an end-of-line or a delimiter specified in the options.\n\
+The word is parsed as a string ending at the last character before\n\
+whitespace, an end-of-line, or a delimiter specified in the options.\n\
 \n\
 @item %q\n\
 The word is parsed as a \"quoted string\".\n\
 If the first character of the string is a double quote (\") then the string\n\
-includes everything until a matching double quote, including whitespace,\n\
-delimiters and end of line characters.\n\
-If a pair of consecutive double quotes appears in the input,\n\
-it is replaced in the output by a single double quote.\n\
-That is, the input \"He said \"\"Hello\"\"\" would return the value\n\
-'He said \"Hello\"'.\n\
+includes everything until a matching double quote---including whitespace,\n\
+delimiters, and end-of-line characters.  If a pair of consecutive double\n\
+quotes appears in the input, it is replaced in the output by a single\n\
+double quote.  For examples, the input \"He said \"\"Hello\"\"\" would\n\
+return the value 'He said \"Hello\"'.\n\
 \n\
 @item  %c\n\
 The next character of the input is read.\n\
-This includes delimiters, whitespace and end of line characters.\n\
+This includes delimiters, whitespace, and end-of-line characters.\n\
 \n\
-@item  %[...]\n\
-@itemx %[^...]\n\
+@item  %[@dots{}]\n\
+@itemx %[^@dots{}]\n\
 In the first form, the word consists of the longest run consisting of only\n\
-characters between the brackets.\n\
-Ranges of characters can be specified by a hyphen;\n\
-for example, %[0-9a-zA-Z] matches all alphanumeric characters\n\
-(if the underlying character set is ASCII).\n\
-Since Matlab treats hyphens literally, this expansion only applies to\n\
-alphanumeric characters.\n\
-To include '-' in the set, it should appear first or last in the brackets;\n\
-to include ']', it should be the first character.\n\
-If the first character is '^' then the word consists of characters\n\
-NOT listed.\n\
+characters between the brackets.  Ranges of characters can be specified by\n\
+a hyphen; for example, %[0-9a-zA-Z] matches all alphanumeric characters (if\n\
+the underlying character set is ASCII).  Since @sc{matlab} treats hyphens\n\
+literally, this expansion only applies to alphanumeric characters.  To\n\
+include '-' in the set, it should appear first or last in the brackets; to\n\
+include ']', it should be the first character.  If the first character is\n\
+'^' then the word consists of characters @strong{not} listed.\n\
 \n\
-@item %N...\n\
-For %s, %c %d, %f, %n, %u, an optional width can be specified as %Ns etc.\n\
-where N is an integer > 1.\n\
-For %c, this causes exactly the next N characters to be read instead of\n\
-a single character.\n\
-For the other specifiers, it is an upper bound on the\n\
-number of characters read;\n\
-normal delimiters can cause fewer characters to be read.\n\
-For complex numbers, this limit applies to the real and imaginary\n\
-components individually.\n\
-For %f and %n, format specifiers like %N.Mf are allowed, where M is an upper\n\
-bound on number of characters after the decimal point to be considered;\n\
-subsequent digits are skipped.\n\
-For example, the specifier %8.2f would read 12.345e6 as 1.234e7.\n\
+@item %N@dots{}\n\
+For %s, %c %d, %f, %n, %u, an optional width can be specified as %Ns, etc.\n\
+where N is an integer > 1.  For %c, this causes exactly N characters to be\n\
+read instead of a single character.  For the other specifiers, it is an\n\
+upper bound on the number of characters read; normal delimiters can cause\n\
+fewer characters to be read.  For complex numbers, this limit applies to\n\
+the real and imaginary components individually.  For %f and %n, format\n\
+specifiers like %N.Mf are allowed, where M is an upper bound on number of\n\
+characters after the decimal point to be considered; subsequent digits are\n\
+skipped.  For example, the specifier %8.2f would read 12.345e6 as 1.234e7.\n\
 \n\
-@item %*...\n\
+@item %*@dots{}\n\
 The word specified by the remainder of the conversion specifier is skipped.\n\
 \n\
 @item literals\n\
-In addition the format may contain literal character strings;\n\
-these will be skipped during reading.\n\
-If the input string does not match this literal, the processing terminates,\n\
-unless \"ReturnOnError\" is set to \"continue\".\n\
+In addition the format may contain literal character strings; these will be\n\
+skipped during reading.  If the input string does not match this literal,\n\
+the processing terminates, unless @qcode{\"ReturnOnError\"} is set to\n\
+@qcode{\"continue\"}.\n\
 @end table\n\
 \n\
 Parsed words corresponding to the first specifier are returned in the first\n\
 output argument and likewise for the rest of the specifiers.\n\
 \n\
 By default, if there is only one input argument, @var{format} is @t{\"%f\"}.\n\
-This means that numbers are read from @var{str} into a single column vector.\n\
-If @var{format} is explicitly empty, \"\", then textscan will return data\n\
-in a number of columns matching the number of fields on the first data\n\
-line of the input.\n\
-Either of these is suitable only if @var{str} contains only numeric fields.\n\
+This means that numbers are read from the input into a single column vector.\n\
+If @var{format} is explicitly empty (@qcode{\"\"}) then textscan will\n\
+return data in a number of columns matching the number of fields on the\n\
+first data line of the input.  Either of these is suitable only when the\n\
+input is exclusively numeric.\n\
 \n\
 For example, the string\n\
 \n\
-@example\n\
+@smallexample\n\
 @group\n\
 @var{str} = \"\\\n\
 Bunny Bugs   5.5\\n\\\n\
 Duck Daffy  -7.5e-5\\n\\\n\
 Penguin Tux   6\"\n\
 @end group\n\
-@end example\n\
+@end smallexample\n\
 \n\
 @noindent\n\
 can be read using\n\
@@ -1386,64 +1374,60 @@
 \n\
 @table @asis\n\
 @item -1\n\
-(default) read all of the string or file until the end.\n\
+Read all of the string or file until the end (default).\n\
 \n\
 @item N\n\
-Read until the first of two conditions occurs: the format has been processed\n\
-N times, or N lines of the input have been processed.\n\
-Zero (0) is an acceptable value for @var{repeat}.\n\
-Currently, end-of-line characters inside %q, %c, and %[...]$ conversions\n\
-do not contribute to the line count.\n\
-This is incompatible with Matlab and may change in future.\n\
+Read until the first of two conditions occurs: 1) the format has been\n\
+processed N times, or 2) N lines of the input have been processed.  Zero\n\
+(0) is an acceptable value for @var{repeat}.  Currently, end-of-line\n\
+characters inside %q, %c, and %[@dots{}]$ conversions do not contribute to\n\
+the line count.  This is incompatible with @sc{matlab} and may change in\n\
+future.\n\
 @end table\n\
 \n\
-The behavior of @code{textscan} can be changed via property-value pairs.\n\
+The behavior of @code{textscan} can be changed via property/value pairs.\n\
 The following properties are recognized:\n\
 \n\
 @table @asis\n\
 @item @qcode{\"BufSize\"}\n\
 This specifies the number of bytes to use for the internal buffer.\n\
-A modest speed improvement is obtained by setting this to a large value\n\
-when reading a large file, especially the input contains long strings.\n\
-The default is 4096, or a value dependent on @var{n} is that is specified.\n\
+A modest speed improvement may be obtained by setting this to a large value\n\
+when reading a large file, especially if the input contains long strings.\n\
+The default is 4096, or a value dependent on @var{n} if that is specified.\n\
 \n\
 @item @qcode{\"CollectOutput\"}\n\
-A value of 1 or true instructs textscan to concatenate consecutive columns\n\
-of the same class in the output cell array.\n\
-A value of 0 or false (default) leaves output in distinct columns.\n\
+A value of 1 or true instructs @code{textscan} to concatenate consecutive\n\
+columns of the same class in the output cell array.  A value of 0 or false\n\
+(default) leaves output in distinct columns.\n\
 \n\
 @item @qcode{\"CommentStyle\"}\n\
-Parts of @var{str} are considered comments and will be skipped.\n\
-@var{value} is the comment style and can be either\n\
-(1) One string, or 1x1 cell string, to skip everything to the right of it;\n\
-(2) A cell array of two strings, to skip everything between the first and\n\
-second strings.\n\
-Comments are only parsed where whitespace is accepted, and do not act as\n\
+Specify parts of the input which are considered comments and will be\n\
+skipped.  @var{value} is the comment style and can be either (1) A string\n\
+or 1x1 cell string, to skip everything to the right of it; (2) A cell array\n\
+of two strings, to skip everything between the first and second strings.  \n\
+Comments are only parsed where whitespace is accepted and do not act as\n\
 delimiters.\n\
 \n\
 @item @qcode{\"Delimiter\"}\n\
 If @var{value} is a string, any character in @var{value} will be used to\n\
-split @var{str} into words.\n\
-If @var{value} is a cell array of strings,\n\
-any string in the array will be used to split @var{str} into words.\n\
+split the input into words.  If @var{value} is a cell array of strings,\n\
+any string in the array will be used to split the input into words.\n\
 (default value = any whitespace.)\n\
 \n\
 @item @qcode{\"EmptyValue\"}\n\
 Value to return for empty numeric values in non-whitespace delimited data.\n\
-The default is NaN@.\n\
-When the data type does not support NaN (int32 for example),\n\
-then default is zero.\n\
+The default is NaN@.  When the data type does not support NaN (int32 for\n\
+example), then the default is zero.\n\
 \n\
 @item @qcode{\"EndOfLine\"}\n\
-@var{value} can be either a emtpy or one character specifying the\n\
-end of line character, or the pair\n\
+@var{value} can be either an emtpy or one character specifying the\n\
+end-of-line character, or the pair\n\
 @qcode{\"@xbackslashchar{}r@xbackslashchar{}n\"} (CRLF).\n\
 In the latter case, any of\n\
 @qcode{\"@xbackslashchar{}r\"}, @qcode{\"@xbackslashchar{}n\"} or\n\
 @qcode{\"@xbackslashchar{}r@xbackslashchar{}n\"} is counted as a (single)\n\
-newline.\n\
-If no value is given, @qcode{\"@xbackslashchar{}r@xbackslashchar{}n\"} is\n\
-used.\n\
+newline.  If no value is given,\n\
+@qcode{\"@xbackslashchar{}r@xbackslashchar{}n\"} is used.\n\
 @c If set to \"\" (empty string) EOLs are ignored as delimiters and added\n\
 @c to whitespace.\n\
 \n\
@@ -1454,30 +1438,28 @@
 @c in this sense it differs slightly from the format repeat count in strread.\n\
 \n\
 @item @qcode{\"HeaderLines\"}\n\
-The first @var{value} number of lines of @var{fid} are skipped.\n\
-Note that this does not refer to the first non-comment lines, but the first\n\
-lines of any type.\n\
+The first @var{value} number of lines of @var{fid} are skipped.  Note that\n\
+this does not refer to the first non-comment lines, but the first lines of\n\
+any type.\n\
 \n\
 @item @qcode{\"MultipleDelimsAsOne\"}\n\
-If @var{value} is non-zero,\n\
-treat a series of consecutive delimiters, without whitespace in between,\n\
-as a single delimiter.\n\
-Consecutive delimiter series need not be vertically @qcode{\"aligned\"}.\n\
-Without this option, a single delimiter before the end of the line does\n\
-not cause the line to be considered to end with an empty value,\n\
-but a single delimiter at the start of a line causes the line\n\
-to be considered to start with an empty value.\n\
+If @var{value} is nonzero, treat a series of consecutive delimiters,\n\
+without whitespace in between, as a single delimiter.  Consecutive\n\
+delimiter series need not be vertically aligned.  Without this option, a\n\
+single delimiter before the end of the line does not cause the line to be\n\
+considered to end with an empty value, but a single delimiter at the start\n\
+of a line causes the line to be considered to start with an empty value.\n\
 \n\
 @item @qcode{\"TreatAsEmpty\"}\n\
 Treat single occurrences (surrounded by delimiters or whitespace) of the\n\
 string(s) in @var{value} as missing values.\n\
 \n\
 @item @qcode{\"ReturnOnError\"}\n\
-If set to numerical 1 or true, return normally as soon as an error\n\
-is encountered, such as trying to read a string using @qcode{%f}.\n\
-If set to 0 or false, return an error and no data.\n\
-If set to \"continue\" (default), textscan attempts to continue reading\n\
-beyond the location; however, this may cause the parsing to get out of sync.\n\
+If set to numerical 1 or true, return normally as soon as an error is\n\
+encountered, such as trying to read a string using @qcode{%f}.  If set to 0\n\
+or false, return an error and no data.  If set to @qcode{\"continue\"}\n\
+(default), textscan attempts to continue reading beyond the location;\n\
+however, this may cause the parsing to get out of sync.\n\
 \n\
 @item @qcode{\"Whitespace\"}\n\
 Any character in @var{value} will be interpreted as whitespace and trimmed;\n\
@@ -1493,23 +1475,23 @@
 @end table\n\
 \n\
 When the number of words in @var{str} or @var{fid} doesn't match an exact\n\
-multiple of the number of format conversion specifiers,\n\
-textscan's behavior depends on\n\
-whether the last character of the string or file is\n\
-an end-of-line as specified by the EndOfLine option:\n\
+multiple of the number of format conversion specifiers, @code{textscan}'s\n\
+behavior depends on whether the last character of the string or file is an\n\
+end-of-line as specified by the @code{EndOfLine} option:\n\
 \n\
 @table @asis\n\
 @item last character = end-of-line\n\
-Data columns are padded with empty fields, NaN or 0 (for integer fields)\n\
-so that all columns have equal length\n\
+Data columns are padded with empty fields, NaN or 0 (for integer fields) so\n\
+that all columns have equal length\n\
 \n\
 @item last character is not end-of-line\n\
-Data columns are not padded; textscan returns columns of unequal length\n\
+Data columns are not padded; @code{textscan} returns columns of unequal\n\
+length\n\
 @end table\n\
 \n\
 \n\
-The second output, @var{position}, provides the position, in characters\n\
-from the beginning of the file or string, at which the processing stopped.\n\
+The second output @var{position} provides the location, in characters\n\
+from the beginning of the file or string, where processing stopped.\n\
 \n\
 @seealso{dlmread, fscanf, load, strread, textread}\n\
 @end deftypefn")