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diff --git a/readline/doc/hstech.texi b/readline/doc/hstech.texi
index 6deaeee265f..4fc9e8ef1b7 100644
--- a/readline/doc/hstech.texi
+++ b/readline/doc/hstech.texi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
@ignore
This file documents the user interface to the GNU History library.
-Copyright (C) 1988-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1988-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual
@@ -270,11 +270,9 @@ a @code{NULL} pointer.
@end deftypefun
@deftypefun {HIST_ENTRY *} next_history (void)
-If the current history offset refers to a valid history entry,
-increment the current history offset.
-If the possibly-incremented history offset refers to a valid history
-entry, return a pointer to that entry;
-otherwise, return a @code{BNULL} pointer.
+Move the current history offset forward to the next history entry, and
+return the a pointer to that entry. If there is no next entry, return
+a @code{NULL} pointer.
@end deftypefun
@node Searching the History List
@@ -379,7 +377,7 @@ if the returned line should be displayed, but not executed,
as with the @code{:p} modifier (@pxref{Modifiers}).
@end table
-If an error occurred in expansion, then @var{output} contains a descriptive
+If an error ocurred in expansion, then @var{output} contains a descriptive
error message.
@end deftypefun
@@ -469,8 +467,8 @@ carriage return, and @samp{=}.
@end deftypevar
@deftypevar int history_quotes_inhibit_expansion
-If non-zero, double-quoted words are not scanned for the history expansion
-character or the history comment character. The default value is 0.
+If non-zero, single-quoted words are not scanned for the history expansion
+character. The default value is 0.
@end deftypevar
@deftypevar {rl_linebuf_func_t *} history_inhibit_expansion_function