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diff --git a/documentation/content/en/articles/new-users/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/articles/new-users/_index.adoc
--- a/documentation/content/en/articles/new-users/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/articles/new-users/_index.adoc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
== Logging in and Getting Out
Log in (when you see `login:`) as a user you created during installation or as `root`.
-(Your FreeBSD installation already has an account for `root`;
+(Your FreeBSD installation already has a `root` user;
this user can go anywhere and do anything, including deleting essential files, so be careful!)
The symbols % and # in the following examples represent the shell prompt (yours may be different).
Conventionally, % indicates an ordinary user and # indicates `root`.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
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as many times as necessary.
-Press kbd:[Enter] after commands, and remember that UNIX(R) is case-sensitive-``exit``, not `EXIT`.
+Press kbd:[Enter] after commands, and remember that UNIX(R) is case-sensitive—``exit``, not `EXIT`.
To shut down the machine type
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
[[adding-a-user]]
== Adding a User with Root Privileges
-If you did not create any users when you installed the system and are thus logged in as `root`, you should create a regular user account now with
+If you did not create any users when you installed the system and are thus logged in as `root`, you should create a regular user now with
[source,shell]
....
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
This makes it possible to log in as `jack` and use man:su[1] only when administrative privileges are required, instead of logging in directly as `root`.
You can quit `adduser` at any time by typing kbd:[Ctrl+C].
-At the end you will be asked to confirm the new account or cancel it by typing kbd:[n].
+At the end you will be asked to confirm the new user or cancel it by typing kbd:[n].
You might want to create a second new user so that when you edit jack's login files, you will have a hot spare in case something goes wrong.
Once you have created the user, type `exit` to return to a login prompt and log in as `jack`.
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
If you already created a user and want that user to be able to `su` to `root`, you can add the user to the `wheel` group.
This can be done by editing the file [.filename]#/etc/group#.
-But first you need to practice man:vi[1], the text editor-or use the simpler text editor, man:ee[1], installed on recent versions of FreeBSD footnote:[See extref:{handbook}basics[Text editors, editors] in the FreeBSD Handbook.].
+But first you need to practice man:vi[1], the text editor — or use the simpler text editor, man:ee[1], installed on recent versions of FreeBSD footnote:[See extref:{handbook}basics[Text editors, editors] in the FreeBSD Handbook.].
Basic editing will be explained later in the crossref:new-users[editing-text,Editing Text] section.
To delete a user, use man:rmuser[8] footnote:[See extref:{handbook}basics[Removing a user, users-rmuser] in the FreeBSD Handbook.].
@@ -229,11 +229,11 @@
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These tasks are normally executed automatically by the system scheduler (cron).
-They update system databases, perform routine maintenance, and send status reports to the `root` account.
+They update system databases, perform routine maintenance, and send status reports to the `root` user.
If you are using the system console, you can switch to another virtual console with kbd:[Alt+F2] through kbd:[Alt+F8] and log in there while the commands run.
-Messages produced by maintenance jobs are usually mailed to the `root` account.
+Messages produced by maintenance jobs are usually mailed to the `root` user.
They can be viewed in the local mailbox, for example:
[.filename]#/var/mail/root#

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