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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
 
  4. compress() returns Z_BUF_ERROR.
 
-    Make sure that before the call of compress, the length of the compressed
+    Make sure that before the call of compress(), the length of the compressed
     buffer is equal to the available size of the compressed buffer and not
     zero.  For Visual Basic, check that this parameter is passed by reference
     ("as any"), not by value ("as long").
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
 
  6. Where's the zlib documentation (man pages, etc.)?
 
-    It's in zlib.h .  Examples of zlib usage are in the files example.c and
-    minigzip.c, with more in examples/ .
+    It's in zlib.h .  Examples of zlib usage are in the files test/example.c
+    and test/minigzip.c, with more in examples/ .
 
  7. Why don't you use GNU autoconf or libtool or ...?
 
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
 
 13. How can I make a Unix shared library?
 
-    make clean
-    ./configure -s
+    By default a shared (and a static) library is built for Unix.  So:
+
+    make distclean
+    ./configure
     make
 
 14. How do I install a shared zlib library on Unix?
@@ -108,8 +110,8 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
 
 16. Can zlib decode Flate data in an Adobe PDF file?
 
-    Yes. See http://www.fastio.com/ (ClibPDF), or http://www.pdflib.com/ .
-    To modify PDF forms, see http://sourceforge.net/projects/acroformtool/ .
+    Yes. See http://www.pdflib.com/ . To modify PDF forms, see
+    http://sourceforge.net/projects/acroformtool/ .
 
 17. Why am I getting this "register_frame_info not found" error on Solaris?
 
@@ -152,8 +154,8 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
     Yes.  However any library routines that zlib uses and any application-
     provided memory allocation routines must also be thread-safe.  zlib's gz*
     functions use stdio library routines, and most of zlib's functions use the
-    library memory allocation routines by default.  zlib's Init functions allow
-    for the application to provide custom memory allocation routines.
+    library memory allocation routines by default.  zlib's *Init* functions
+    allow for the application to provide custom memory allocation routines.
 
     Of course, you should only operate on any given zlib or gzip stream from a
     single thread at a time.
@@ -325,7 +327,7 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
     correctly points to the zlib specification in RFC 1950 for the "deflate"
     transfer encoding, there have been reports of servers and browsers that
     incorrectly produce or expect raw deflate data per the deflate
-    specficiation in RFC 1951, most notably Microsoft.  So even though the
+    specification in RFC 1951, most notably Microsoft.  So even though the
     "deflate" transfer encoding using the zlib format would be the more
     efficient approach (and in fact exactly what the zlib format was designed
     for), using the "gzip" transfer encoding is probably more reliable due to
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ The lastest zlib FAQ is at http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
 
     No.  The files in contrib are not part of zlib.  They were contributed by
     other authors and are provided as a convenience to the user within the zlib
-    distribution.  Each of the items in contrib have their own license.
+    distribution.  Each item in contrib has its own license.
 
 43. Is zlib subject to export controls?  What is its ECCN?