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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lispref/lists.texi b/lispref/lists.texi
index 55dee3c22a..ca31023594 100644
--- a/lispref/lists.texi
+++ b/lispref/lists.texi
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ the whole list.
 
   Lists in Lisp are not a primitive data type; they are built up from
 @dfn{cons cells}.  A cons cell is a data object that represents an
-ordered pair.  It holds, or ``points to,'' two Lisp objects, one labeled
+ordered pair.  It holds, or ``refers to,'' two Lisp objects, one labeled
 as the @sc{car}, and the other labeled as the @sc{cdr}.  These names are
 traditional; see @ref{Cons Cell Type}.  @sc{cdr} is pronounced
 ``could-er.''
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ made from two cons cells:
 @end example
 
   Each pair of boxes represents a cons cell.  Each box ``refers to'',
-``points to'' or ``contains'' a Lisp object.  (These terms are
+``points to'' or ``holds'' a Lisp object.  (These terms are
 synonymous.)  The first box, which describes the @sc{car} of the first
 cons cell, contains the symbol @code{tulip}.  The arrow from the
 @sc{cdr} box of the first cons cell to the second cons cell indicates
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ considered a list and @code{not} when it is considered a truth value
 @cindex list elements
 
 @defun car cons-cell
-This function returns the value pointed to by the first pointer of the
+This function returns the value referred to by the first slot of the
 cons cell @var{cons-cell}.  Expressed another way, this function
 returns the @sc{car} of @var{cons-cell}.
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ or @code{nil}.
 @end defun
 
 @defun cdr cons-cell
-This function returns the value pointed to by the second pointer of
+This function returns the value referred to by the second slot of
 the cons cell @var{cons-cell}.  Expressed another way, this function
 returns the @sc{cdr} of @var{cons-cell}.
 
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ different element.
 @defun setcar cons object
 This function stores @var{object} as the new @sc{car} of @var{cons},
 replacing its previous @sc{car}.  In other words, it changes the
-@sc{car} slot of @var{cons} to point to @var{object}.  It returns the
+@sc{car} slot of @var{cons} to refer to @var{object}.  It returns the
 value @var{object}.  For example:
 
 @example
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ x2:              |
 @defun setcdr cons object
 This function stores @var{object} as the new @sc{cdr} of @var{cons},
 replacing its previous @sc{cdr}.  In other words, it changes the
-@sc{cdr} slot of @var{cons} to point to @var{object}.  It returns the
+@sc{cdr} slot of @var{cons} to refer to @var{object}.  It returns the
 value @var{object}.
 @end defun