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diff --git a/doc/new_chapters/eventlog.t b/doc/new_chapters/eventlog.t
index 4c32652984..ee9c03e3a5 100644
--- a/doc/new_chapters/eventlog.t
+++ b/doc/new_chapters/eventlog.t
@@ -58,11 +58,21 @@ by the application.
-@subsection Facilities, Severity, & Queries
+@subsection Facilities
A facility is an identification code for a subsystem, device, or
other object about which information is being written to
-a log file. Severity is a rating of the error that is being logged.
+a log file.
+
+A facility set is a collection of facilities.
+
+@subsection Severity
+
+Severity is a rating of the error that is being logged.
+
+@subsection Queries
+
+
The facility identifier and the event severity are the basis for
subsequent log query. A log query is used as a filter to
obtain a subset of a given log file. The log file may be configured
@@ -421,7 +431,7 @@ int log_open(
@table @b
@item EACCES
-Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix,
+Search permission is denied on a component of the @cdoe{path} prefix,
or the log file exists and read permission is denied.
@item EINTR
@@ -432,7 +442,7 @@ The log_severity field of the query argument exceeds
@code{LOG_SEVERITY_MAX}.
@item EINVAL
-The path argument referred to a file that was not a log file.
+The @code{path} argument referred to a file that was not a log file.
@item EMFILE
Too many log file descriptors are currently in use by this
@@ -447,10 +457,10 @@ in effect.
Too many files are currently open in the system.
@item ENOENT
-The file specified by the path argument does not exist.
+The file specified by the @code{path} argument does not exist.
@item ENOTDIR
-A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
+A component of the @code{path} prefix is not a directory.
@end table
@@ -535,7 +545,7 @@ No data available. There are no unread event records remaining
in this log file.
@item EINTR
-A signal interrupted the call to log_read().
+A signal interrupted the call to @code{log_read()}.
@item EIO
An I/O error occurred in reading from the event log.
@@ -615,7 +625,7 @@ The process has requested a notify on a log that will not be
written to.
@item ENOSYS
-The function log_notify() is not supported by this implementation.
+The function @code{log_notify()} is not supported by this implementation.
@end table