Update a few points about shared libs in other sections

[ghc-hetmet.git] / docs / users_guide / packages.xml

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/packages.xml b/docs/users_guide/packages.xml
index 0d7a02f..8d668f9 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/users_guide/packages.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/packages.xml
@@ -393,8 +393,9 @@ $ export GHC_PACKAGE_PATH=$HOME/.my-ghc-packages.conf:</screen>
          <literal>&ndash;all_load</literal> on MacOS X)</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
-       <para>When building the package as shared object, GHC wraps
-         out the underlying linker so that the user gets a common
+       <para>When building the package as shared library, GHC can be used to
+         perform the link step. This hides some of the details
+         out the underlying linker and provides a common
          interface to all shared object variants that are supported
          by GHC (DLLs, ELF DSOs, and Mac OS dylibs). The shared
          object must be named in specific way for two reasons: (1)