--- a/doc/manual/sockets.texi	Fri Sep 04 17:27:33 2009 +0200
+++ b/doc/manual/sockets.texi	Fri Sep 04 17:23:34 2009 -0700
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 Similarly, passing in a zero to the pointer argument in the raw buffer
 variants has the same effect.  Note that, if some subsequent code tries
 to read the Packet data buffer, the fake buffer will be converted to
-a real (zero'ed) buffer on the spot, and the efficiency will be lost there.
+a real (zeroed) buffer on the spot, and the efficiency will be lost there.
 
 @subsection Socket options