diff --git a/doc_src/begin.txt b/doc_src/begin.txt
index 07ef10e0d..62bb38101 100644
--- a/doc_src/begin.txt
+++ b/doc_src/begin.txt
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 \subsection begin-description Description
 
 The \c begin builtin is used to create a new block of code. The block
-is unconditionally executed. Begin is equivalent to <tt>if
-true</tt>. The begin command is used to group any number of commands
-into a block. The reason for this is usually either to introduce a new
-variable scope or to redirect the input to output of this set of
-commands as a group.
+is unconditionally executed. <code>begin; ...; end</tt> is equivalent
+to <tt>if true; ...; end</tt>. The begin command is used to group any
+number of commands into a block. The reason for doing so is usually
+either to introduce a new variable scope, to redirect the input or
+output of a set of commands as a group, or to specify precedence when
+using the conditional commands like \c and.
 
 The \c begin command does not change the current exit status.
 
@@ -30,3 +31,17 @@ end
 # the block and was killed
 echo $PIRATE
 </pre>
+
+In the following code, all output is redirected to the file out.html.
+
+<pre>
+begin
+	echo $xml_header
+	echo $html_header
+	if test -e $file 
+		...
+	end
+	...
+
+end &gt; out.html
+</pre>
diff --git a/doc_src/end.txt b/doc_src/end.txt
index 3b61e9d35..4e891fb3f 100644
--- a/doc_src/end.txt
+++ b/doc_src/end.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ begin; [COMMANDS...] end
 
 \subsection end-description Description
 <tt>end</tt> ends a block of commands. For more information, read the
-documentation for the block constructs, such as \c if, \c for and \
+documentation for the block constructs, such as \c if, \c for and \c
 while.
 
 The \c end command does not change the current exit status.
diff --git a/doc_src/function.txt b/doc_src/function.txt
index 62dd41e0a..51225f55e 100644
--- a/doc_src/function.txt
+++ b/doc_src/function.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 - <code>-s</code> or <code>--on-signal SIGSPEC</code> tells fish to run this function when the signal SIGSPEC is delivered. SIGSPEC can be a signal number, or the signal name, such as SIGHUP (or just HUP)
 - <code>-v</code> or <code>--on-variable VARIABLE_NAME</code> tells fish to run this function when the variable VARIABLE_NAME changes value
 
-This builtin command is used to create a new function. A Function is a
+This builtin command is used to create a new function. A function is a
 list of commands that will be executed when the name of the function
 is entered. The function
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ end
 will write <code>hello</code> whenever the user enters \c hi.
 
 If the user enters any additional arguments after the function, they
-are inserted into the environment variable <a href="index.html#variables-arrays">array</a> argv.
+are inserted into the environment <a href="index.html#variables-arrays">variable array</a> argv.
 
 \subsection function-example Example