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+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init.3
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ effect as one call.
The flags option is a bit pattern that tells libcurl exactly what features to
init, as described below. Set the desired bits by ORing the values together.
-In normal operation, you must specify CURL_GLOBAL_ALL. Don't use any other
-value unless you are familiar with it and mean to control internal operations of
-libcurl.
+In normal operation, you must specify CURL_GLOBAL_ALL. Do not use any other
+value unless you are familiar with it and mean to control internal operations
+of libcurl.
\fBThis function is not thread safe.\fP You must not call it when any other
thread in the program (i.e. a thread sharing the same memory) is running.
-This doesn't just mean no other thread that is using libcurl. Because
+This does not just mean no other thread that is using libcurl. Because
\fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP calls functions of other libraries that are
similarly thread unsafe, it could conflict with any other thread that uses
these other libraries.