--- a/mercurial/ui.py	Tue Aug 28 17:59:08 2012 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py	Wed Aug 15 22:38:42 2012 +0200
@@ -713,8 +713,8 @@
         With stock hg, this is simply a debug message that is hidden
         by default, but with extensions or GUI tools it may be
         visible. 'topic' is the current operation, 'item' is a
-        non-numeric marker of the current position (ie the currently
-        in-process file), 'pos' is the current numeric position (ie
+        non-numeric marker of the current position (i.e. the currently
+        in-process file), 'pos' is the current numeric position (i.e.
         revision, bytes, etc.), unit is a corresponding unit label,
         and total is the highest expected pos.