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@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@
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 <h2><a name="dirset">DirSet</a></h2>
-<p>DirSets are groups of directories. These directories can be found in a
+<p>A DirSet is a group of directories. These directories can be found in a
 directory tree starting in a base directory and are matched by
-patterns taken from a number of <a
-href="patternset.html">PatternSets</a>. DirSets can appear inside tasks
-that support this feature or at the same level as <code>target</code>
-(i.e., as children of <code>&lt;project&gt;</code>).</p>
+patterns taken from a number of <a href="patternset.html">PatternSets</a>.
+</p>
 <p>PatternSets can be specified as nested
 <code>&lt;patternset&gt;</code> elements. In addition, DirSet holds
 an implicit PatternSet and supports the nested
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ elements of <code>&lt;patternset&gt;</code> directly, as well as
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     <td valign="top">casesensitive</td>
-    <td valign="top">Specifies whether case-sensitivty should be applied
+    <td valign="top">Specifies whether case-sensitivity should be applied
      (<code>true</code>|<code>yes</code>|<code>on</code> or
      <code>false</code>|<code>no</code>|<code>off</code>).</td>
     <td valign="top" align="center">No; defaults to true.</td>
