[PATCH v5 43/54] doc: correct grammar in pdump library guide

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Sun Jan 18 20:10:46 CET 2026


Correct various grammar issues in the pdump library documentation:

- fix "both...or" to "both...and"
- fix "maybe" to "may be" (two separate words)
- add missing article "the" before "application"

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_lib.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_lib.rst
index 5bacb49ffc..d27385fef1 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_lib.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Packet Capture Library
 The DPDK ``pdump`` library provides a framework
 for capturing packets within DPDK applications.
 It enables a **secondary process** to monitor packets
-being processed by both **primary** or **secondary** processes.
+being processed by both **primary** and **secondary** processes.
 
 
 Overview
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The library exposes API for:
 .. function:: int rte_pdump_stats(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_dump_stats *stats)
 
    Reports the number of packets captured, filtered, and missed.
-   Packets maybe missed due to mbuf pool being exhausted or the ring being full.
+   Packets may be missed due to mbuf pool being exhausted or the ring being full.
 
 
 Operation
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ What is the performance impact of pdump?
 
 What happens if process does not call pdump init?
 
-   If application does not call ``rte_pdump_init``
+   If the application does not call ``rte_pdump_init``
    then the request to enable (in the capture command)
    will timeout and an error is returned.
 
-- 
2.51.0



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