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-rw-r--r--src/dircolors.hin6
-rw-r--r--src/ls.c4
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/dircolors.hin b/src/dircolors.hin
index b5d6452d7..d86e0088f 100644
--- a/src/dircolors.hin
+++ b/src/dircolors.hin
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
# slackware version of dircolors) are recognized but ignored.
# Below are TERM entries, which can be a glob patterns, to match
-# against the TERM environment variable to determine if it is colorizable.
+# against the TERM environment variable to determine if it is colorable.
TERM Eterm
TERM ansi
TERM *color*
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ STICKY 37;44 # dir with the sticky bit set (+t) and not other-writable
EXEC 01;32
# List any file extensions like '.gz' or '.tar' that you would like ls
-# to colorize below. Put the extension, a space, and the color init string.
+# to color below. Put the extension, a space, and the color init string.
# (and any comments you want to add after a '#')
# If you use DOS-style suffixes, you may want to uncomment the following:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ EXEC 01;32
#.com 01;32
#.btm 01;32
#.bat 01;32
-# Or if you want to colorize scripts even if they do not have the
+# Or if you want to color scripts even if they do not have the
# executable bit actually set.
#.sh 01;32
#.csh 01;32
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 6e87af651..c350787b6 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static bool color_symlink_as_referent;
static char const *hostname;
-/* mode of appropriate file for colorization */
+/* Mode of appropriate file for coloring. */
static mode_t
file_or_link_mode (struct fileinfo const *file)
{
@@ -5424,7 +5424,7 @@ Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified.\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
-C list entries by columns\n\
- --color[=WHEN] colorize the output; WHEN can be 'always' (default\
+ --color[=WHEN] color the output; WHEN can be 'always' (default\
\n\
if omitted), 'auto', or 'never'; more info below\
\n\