diff --git a/LOG b/LOG
index e460a9ae5c..0bedb18bc8 100644
--- a/LOG
+++ b/LOG
@@ -539,3 +539,5 @@
     hash.ms, objects.stex, release_notes.stex
 - fixed pariah mat
     misc.ms
+- minor wordsmithing and fix for an overfull hbox
+    objects.stex, system.stex
diff --git a/csug/objects.stex b/csug/objects.stex
index f92a428756..5e8017b0a6 100644
--- a/csug/objects.stex
+++ b/csug/objects.stex
@@ -1880,11 +1880,11 @@ The effect of this can be observed via \scheme{hashtable-keys} and
 
 These procedures are like \scheme{make-weak-eq-hashtable} and
 \scheme{make-weak-eqv-hashtable}, but a value in the hashtable can refer to a
-key in the hashtable without preventing garbage collection from
+key in the hashtable (directly or indirectly) without preventing garbage collection from
 reclaiming the key, because keys are paired with values using ephemeron pairs.
 
 A copy of an ephemeron eq or eqv hashtable created by
-\scheme{hashtable-copy} is also an ephemeron table, and inaccesible
+\scheme{hashtable-copy} is also an ephemeron table, and an inaccesible
 key can be dropped from an immutable ephemeron hashtable in the same
 way as for an immutable weak hashtable.
 
diff --git a/csug/system.stex b/csug/system.stex
index 1da4578ef9..a21473c8b3 100644
--- a/csug/system.stex
+++ b/csug/system.stex
@@ -4036,7 +4036,7 @@ object produce \scheme{#f}.
 (make-date 0 30 7 9 23 9 2007 -14400) ;=> #<date Sun Sep 23 09:07:30 2007>
 
 (date-zone-name (make-date 0 30 7 9 23 9 2007 -14400)) ;=> #f
-(date-zone-name (make-date 0 30 7 9 23 9 2007)) ;=> "EDT" \var{or other system-provided string}
+(string? (date-zone-name (make-date 0 30 7 9 23 9 2007))) ;=> #t
 \endschemedisplay
 
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