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--- a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/cleaning-store.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/cleaning-store.xml
@@ -5,31 +5,22 @@
         xml:id="sec-nix-gc">
  <title>Cleaning the Nix Store</title>
  <para>
-  Nix has a purely functional model, meaning that packages are never upgraded
-  in place. Instead new versions of packages end up in a different location in
-  the Nix store (<filename>/nix/store</filename>). You should periodically run
-  Nix’s <emphasis>garbage collector</emphasis> to remove old, unreferenced
-  packages. This is easy:
+  Nix has a purely functional model, meaning that packages are never upgraded in place. Instead new versions of packages end up in a different location in the Nix store (<filename>/nix/store</filename>). You should periodically run Nix’s <emphasis>garbage collector</emphasis> to remove old, unreferenced packages. This is easy:
 <screen>
 <prompt>$ </prompt>nix-collect-garbage
 </screen>
-  Alternatively, you can use a systemd unit that does the same in the
-  background:
+  Alternatively, you can use a systemd unit that does the same in the background:
 <screen>
 <prompt># </prompt>systemctl start nix-gc.service
 </screen>
-  You can tell NixOS in <filename>configuration.nix</filename> to run this unit
-  automatically at certain points in time, for instance, every night at 03:15:
+  You can tell NixOS in <filename>configuration.nix</filename> to run this unit automatically at certain points in time, for instance, every night at 03:15:
 <programlisting>
 <xref linkend="opt-nix.gc.automatic"/> = true;
 <xref linkend="opt-nix.gc.dates"/> = "03:15";
 </programlisting>
  </para>
  <para>
-  The commands above do not remove garbage collector roots, such as old system
-  configurations. Thus they do not remove the ability to roll back to previous
-  configurations. The following command deletes old roots, removing the ability
-  to roll back to them:
+  The commands above do not remove garbage collector roots, such as old system configurations. Thus they do not remove the ability to roll back to previous configurations. The following command deletes old roots, removing the ability to roll back to them:
 <screen>
 <prompt>$ </prompt>nix-collect-garbage -d
 </screen>
@@ -37,27 +28,20 @@
 <screen>
 <prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/eelco/profile --delete-generations old
 </screen>
-  Note that NixOS system configurations are stored in the profile
-  <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles/system</filename>.
+  Note that NixOS system configurations are stored in the profile <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles/system</filename>.
  </para>
  <para>
-  Another way to reclaim disk space (often as much as 40% of the size of the
-  Nix store) is to run Nix’s store optimiser, which seeks out identical files
-  in the store and replaces them with hard links to a single copy.
+  Another way to reclaim disk space (often as much as 40% of the size of the Nix store) is to run Nix’s store optimiser, which seeks out identical files in the store and replaces them with hard links to a single copy.
 <screen>
 <prompt>$ </prompt>nix-store --optimise
 </screen>
-  Since this command needs to read the entire Nix store, it can take quite a
-  while to finish.
+  Since this command needs to read the entire Nix store, it can take quite a while to finish.
  </para>
  <section xml:id="sect-nixos-gc-boot-entries">
   <title>NixOS Boot Entries</title>
 
   <para>
-   If your <filename>/boot</filename> partition runs out of space, after
-   clearing old profiles you must rebuild your system with
-   <literal>nixos-rebuild</literal> to update the <filename>/boot</filename>
-   partition and clear space.
+   If your <filename>/boot</filename> partition runs out of space, after clearing old profiles you must rebuild your system with <literal>nixos-rebuild</literal> to update the <filename>/boot</filename> partition and clear space.
   </para>
  </section>
 </chapter>