From: John G. Hasler
Subject: byte offset -> byte number
X-Debian-version: 2.8.1-8

--- a/diff.texi
+++ b/diff.texi
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 @code{diff} normally produces no output; for binary (non-text) files,
 @code{diff} normally reports only that they are different.
 
-You can use the @code{cmp} command to show the offsets and line numbers
+You can use the @code{cmp} command to show the byte numbers and line numbers
 where two files differ.  @code{cmp} can also show all the characters
 that differ between the two files, side by side.
 
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
 You can also get a brief indication of whether two files differ by
 using @code{cmp}.  For files that are identical, @code{cmp} produces
 no output.  When the files differ, by default, @code{cmp} outputs the
-byte offset and line number where the first difference occurs.  You
+byte number and line number where the first difference occurs.  You
 can use the @samp{-s}, @samp{--quiet}, or @samp{--silent} option to
 suppress that information, so that @code{cmp} produces no output and
 reports whether the files differ using only its exit status
@@ -2731,7 +2731,7 @@
 
 @item -l
 @itemx --verbose
-Print the (decimal) offsets and (octal) values of all differing bytes.
+Print the (decimal) byte numbers and (octal) values of all differing bytes.
 
 @item -n
 @itemx --bytes=@var{limit}
