diff -wur nano-cvs/src/files.c nano-new/src/files.c
--- nano-cvs/src/files.c	2006-07-29 00:49:07.000000000 +0200
+++ nano-new/src/files.c	2006-07-30 22:21:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@
 {
 #ifdef ENABLE_MULTIBUFFER
     if (ISSET(VIEW_MODE) && !ISSET(MULTIBUFFER))
-	statusbar(_("Key illegal in non-multibuffer mode"));
+	statusbar(_("Key invalid in non-multibuffer mode"));
     else
 #endif
 	do_insertfile(
diff -wur nano-cvs/src/global.c nano-new/src/global.c
--- nano-cvs/src/global.c	2006-07-29 00:49:07.000000000 +0200
+++ nano-new/src/global.c	2006-07-30 23:04:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -422,9 +422,9 @@
 #endif
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
     const char *nano_prev_history_msg =
-	N_("Edit the previous search/replace string");
+	N_("Recall the previous search/replace string");
     const char *nano_next_history_msg =
-	N_("Edit the next search/replace string");
+	N_("Recall the next search/replace string");
 #endif
 #ifndef DISABLE_BROWSER
     const char *nano_tofiles_msg = N_("Go to file browser");
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@
 	CONST_UPDATE));
 
     toggle_init_one(TOGGLE_MORESPACE_KEY,
-	IFTHELP(N_("Use of more space for editing"), FALSE,
+	IFTHELP(N_("Use of one more line for editing"), FALSE,
 	MORE_SPACE));
 
     toggle_init_one(TOGGLE_SMOOTH_KEY,
diff -wur nano-cvs/src/help.c nano-new/src/help.c
--- nano-cvs/src/help.c	2006-07-25 23:20:04.000000000 +0200
+++ nano-new/src/help.c	2006-07-30 22:29:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
 #endif /* !NANO_TINY */
     else {
 	/* Default to the main help list. */
-	htx[0] = N_(" nano help text\n\n "
+	htx[0] = N_("Main nano help text\n\n "
 		"The nano editor is designed to emulate the "
 		"functionality and ease-of-use of the UW Pico text "
 		"editor.  There are four main sections of the editor.  "
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 		"Control-key sequences are notated with a caret (^) "
 		"symbol and can be entered either by using the Control "
 		"(Ctrl) key or pressing the Escape (Esc) key twice.  "
-		"Escape-key sequences are notated with the Meta (M) "
+		"Escape-key sequences are notated with the Meta (M-) "
 		"symbol and can be entered using either the Esc, Alt, "
 		"or Meta key depending on your keyboard setup.  ");
 	htx[2] = N_("Also, pressing Esc twice and then typing a "
diff -wur nano-cvs/src/nano.c nano-new/src/nano.c
--- nano-cvs/src/nano.c	2006-07-25 23:20:04.000000000 +0200
+++ nano-new/src/nano.c	2006-07-30 23:07:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
 /* Display a warning about a key disabled in view mode. */
 void print_view_warning(void)
 {
-    statusbar(_("Key illegal in VIEW mode"));
+    statusbar(_("Key invalid in VIEW mode"));
 }
 
 /* What we do when we're all set to exit. */
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@
     print_opt("-N", "--noconvert",
 	N_("Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format"));
 #endif
-    print_opt("-O", "--morespace", N_("Use more space for editing"));
+    print_opt("-O", "--morespace", N_("Use one more line for editing"));
 #ifndef DISABLE_JUSTIFY
     print_opt(_("-Q <str>"), _("--quotestr=<str>"),
 	N_("Quoting string"));
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
     print_opt("-S", "--smooth", N_("Smooth scrolling"));
 #endif
     print_opt(_("-T <#cols>"), _("--tabsize=<#cols>"),
-	N_("Set width of a tab in cols to #cols"));
+	N_("Set width of a tab to #cols columns"));
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
     print_opt("-U", "--quickblank", N_("Do quick statusbar blanking"));
 #endif
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef ENABLE_COLOR
     print_opt(_("-Y <str>"), _("--syntax=<str>"),
-	N_("Syntax definition to use"));
+	N_("Syntax definition to use for coloring"));
 #endif
     print_opt("-c", "--const", N_("Constantly show cursor position"));
     print_opt("-d", "--rebinddelete",
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
 	N_("Preserve XON (^Q) and XOFF (^S) keys"));
 #ifndef DISABLE_WRAPJUSTIFY
     print_opt(_("-r <#cols>"), _("--fill=<#cols>"),
-	N_("Set fill cols to (wrap lines at) #cols"));
+	N_("Set wrapping point at column #cols"));
 #endif
 #ifndef DISABLE_SPELLER
     print_opt(_("-s <prog>"), _("--speller=<prog>"),
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@
 #endif
     print_opt("-t", "--tempfile",
 	N_("Auto save on exit, don't prompt"));
-    print_opt("-v", "--view", N_("View (read only) mode"));
+    print_opt("-v", "--view", N_("View mode (read-only)"));
 #ifndef DISABLE_WRAPPING
     print_opt("-w", "--nowrap", N_("Don't wrap long lines"));
 #endif
diff -wur nano-cvs/src/winio.c nano-new/src/winio.c
--- nano-cvs/src/winio.c	2006-07-29 00:49:07.000000000 +0200
+++ nano-new/src/winio.c	2006-07-30 22:59:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -3201,7 +3201,7 @@
 	"Pavel Curtis",
 	"Zeyd Ben-Halim",
 	"Eric S. Raymond",
-	NULL,				/* "and anyone else we forgot..." */
+	NULL,				/* "and anyone we forgot..." */
 	NULL,				/* "Thank you for using nano!" */
 	"",
 	"",
@@ -3223,7 +3223,7 @@
 	N_("Special thanks to:"),
 	N_("The Free Software Foundation"),
 	N_("For ncurses:"),
-	N_("and anyone else we forgot..."),
+	N_("and anyone we forgot..."),
 	N_("Thank you for using nano!")
     };