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diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/README b/src/backend/access/transam/README
index f0f27af1c39..5439869ee58 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/README
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/README,v 1.9 2007/09/08 20:31:14 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/README,v 1.10 2008/03/20 17:55:14 momjian Exp $
The Transaction System
----------------------
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ finishing of transactions and subtransactions. For example, AtStart_Memory
takes care of initializing the memory subsystem at main transaction start.
-Subtransaction handling
+Subtransaction Handling
-----------------------
Subtransactions are implemented using a stack of TransactionState structures,
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Another difference is that BeginInternalSubtransaction is allowed when no
explicit transaction block has been established, while DefineSavepoint is not.
-Transaction and subtransaction numbering
+Transaction and Subtransaction Numbering
----------------------------------------
Transactions and subtransactions are assigned permanent XIDs only when/if
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ InvalidSubTransactionId.) Note that subtransactions do not have their
own VXIDs; they use the parent top transaction's VXID.
-Interlocking transaction begin, transaction end, and snapshots
+Interlocking Transaction Begin, Transaction End, and Snapshots
--------------------------------------------------------------
We try hard to minimize the amount of overhead and lock contention involved
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ for pg_clog are implemented in transam.c, while the low-level functions are in
clog.c. pg_subtrans is contained completely in subtrans.c.
-Write-Ahead Log coding
+Write-Ahead Log Coding
----------------------
The WAL subsystem (also called XLOG in the code) exists to guarantee crash