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diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2
index 10e54cd..1e7464b 100644
--- a/README.os2
+++ b/README.os2
@@ -809,10 +809,8 @@ Change to the directory of extraction.
 
 =head2 Application of the patches
 
-You need to apply the patches in F<./os2/diff.*> and
-F<./os2/POSIX.mkfifo> like this:
+You need to apply the patches in F<./os2/diff.*> like this:
 
-  gnupatch -p0 < os2\POSIX.mkfifo
   gnupatch -p0 < os2\diff.configure
 
 You may also need to apply the patches supplied with the binary
@@ -832,7 +830,7 @@ to EMX headers:
   +++ /emx/include/sys/stat.h	Sun Jul 12 14:11:32 1998
   @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct stat
    #endif
- 
+
    #if !defined (S_IFMT)
   -#define S_IFMT   0160000  /* Mask for file type */
   +#define S_IFMT   0170000  /* Mask for file type */
@@ -1138,7 +1136,7 @@ Really really odious function to implement. Returns absolute name of
 file which would have C<name> if CWD were C<dir>.  C<Dir> defaults to the
 current dir.
 
-=item  C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])
+=item  C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>
 
 Get current value of extended library search path. If C<type> is
 present and I<true>, works with END_LIBPATH, otherwise with
@@ -1483,7 +1481,7 @@ this works as well under DOS if you use DOS-enabled port of pdksh
 
 B<Disadvantages:> currently F<sh.exe> of pdksh calls external programs
 via fork()/exec(), and there is I<no> functioning exec() on
-OS/2. exec() is emulated by EMX by asyncroneous call while the caller
+OS/2. exec() is emulated by EMX by asynchronous call while the caller
 waits for child completion (to pretend that the C<pid> did not change). This
 means that 1 I<extra> copy of F<sh.exe> is made active via fork()/exec(),
 which may lead to some resources taken from the system (even if we do
@@ -1527,8 +1525,8 @@ as when processing B<-S> command-line switch.
 
 Perl uses its own malloc() under OS/2 - interpreters are usually malloc-bound
 for speed, but perl is not, since its malloc is lightning-fast.
-Perl-memory-usage-tuned benchmarks show that Perl's malloc is 5 times quickier
-than EMX one.  I do not have convincing data about memory footpring, but
+Perl-memory-usage-tuned benchmarks show that Perl's malloc is 5 times quicker
+than EMX one.  I do not have convincing data about memory footprint, but
 a (pretty random) benchmark showed that Perl one is 5% better.
 
 Combination of perl's malloc() and rigid DLL name resolution creates