address review feedback on doc changes

Signed-off-by: Jeremiah Corrado <[email protected]>

modules/dists/BlockDist.chpl

@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ The helper methods on ``blockDist`` have the following signatures:
 
   .. function:: proc blockDist.createDomain(dom: domain(?))
 
-    Create a block-distributed domain over an existing ``blockDist``.
+    Create a block-distributed domain over an existing ``blockDist`` by copying
+    the index space from the passed domain.
 
   .. function:: proc blockDist.createDomain(rng: range(?)...)
 

modules/dists/CyclicDist.chpl

@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ The helper methods on ``Cyclic`` have the following signatures:
 
   .. function:: proc cyclicDist.createDomain(dom: domain(?))
 
-    Create a cyclic-distributed domain over an existing ``cyclicDist``.
+    Create a cyclic-distributed domain over an existing ``cyclicDist`` by copying
+    the index space from the passed domain.
 
   .. function:: proc cyclicDist.createDomain(rng: range(?)...)
 

modules/dists/StencilDist.chpl

@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ config param disableStencilLazyRAD = defaultDisableLazyRADOpt;
 
   .. function:: proc stencilDist.createDomain(dom: domain(?))
 
-    Create a stencil-distributed domain over an existing ``blockDist``.
+    Create a stencil-distributed domain over an existing ``blockDist`` by copying
+    the index space from the passed domain.
 
   .. function:: proc stencilDist.createDomain(rng: range(?)...)
 

modules/packages/LinearAlgebra.chpl

@@ -3480,11 +3480,11 @@ module Sparse {
 
 
   @chpldoc.nodoc
-  /* Returns ``true`` if the array is mapped to the ``CS`` layout. */
+  /* Returns ``true`` if the array is distributed with the CS layout. */
   proc isCSArr(A: []) param { return isCSType(A.domain.distribution.type); }
 
   @chpldoc.nodoc
-  /* Returns ``true`` if the domain is mappd to the ``CS`` layout. */
+  /* Returns ``true`` if the domain is distributed with the CS layout. */
   proc isCSDom(D: domain) param { return isCSType(D.distribution.type); }
 
 

test/release/examples/primers/distributions.chpl

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ following expressions for convenience:
 	const CyclicSpace = cyclicDist.createDomain(Space);  
 	const CA: [CyclicSpace] int;
 
-or:c
+or:
 
 .. code-block:: chapel
 

test/release/examples/primers/forallLoops.chpl

@@ -153,12 +153,13 @@ determine iteration locality.
 Domains declared without a distribution (see :ref:`primers-distributions`),
 including default rectangular and default associative domains,
 as well as arrays over such domains, provide both serial and parallel
-iterators. So do domains distributed over standard distributions,
+iterators. So do domains distributed over standard multi-locale distributions,
 such as blockDist and cyclicDist, and arrays over such domains. The
-parallel iterators provided by standard distributions place each loop
+parallel iterators provided by standard multi-locale distributions place each loop
 iteration on the locale where the corresponding index or array element
 is placed.
 
+
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