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@@ -134,32 +134,32 @@ the request using environment variables:
 
 | Variable Name | Description | Example |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| GATEWAY_INTERFACE | The CGI version (for compatability). | ``GCI/1.1`` |
+| GATEWAY_INTERFACE | CGI version (for compatability). | ``GCI/1.1`` |
 | SERVER_PROTOCOL | The server protocol. | ``GEMINI`` |
 | SERVER_SOFTWARE | The server version string. | ``jetforce/0.0.7`` |
-| GEMINI_URL | The raw URL string from the request. | ``gemini://mozz.us/cgi-bin/example.cgi/hello?world``
+| GEMINI_URL | Raw URL string from the request. | ``gemini://mozz.us/cgi-bin/example.cgi/hello?world``
 | SCRIPT_NAME | The part of the URL's path that corresponds to the CGI script location. | ``/cgi-bin/example.cgi`` |
 | PATH_INFO | The remainder of the URL's path after the CGI script location. | ``/hello`` |
 | QUERY_STRING | The query string portion of the request URL. | ``world`` |
-| HOSTNAME | The server hostname. | ``mozz.us`` |
-| SERVER_NAME | The server hostname (alias for HOSTNAME). | ``mozz.us`` |
-| REMOTE_ADDR | The client IP address. | ``10.10.0.2`` |
-| REMOTE_HOST | The client IP address (alias for REMOTE_ADDR). | ``10.10.0.2`` |
-| SERVER_PORT | The server port number. | ``1965`` |
+| HOSTNAME | Server hostname. | ``mozz.us`` |
+| SERVER_NAME | Server hostname (alias for HOSTNAME). | ``mozz.us`` |
+| REMOTE_ADDR | Client IP address. | ``10.10.0.2`` |
+| REMOTE_HOST | Client IP address (alias for REMOTE_ADDR). | ``10.10.0.2`` |
+| SERVER_PORT | Server port number. | ``1965`` |
 
 Additional CGI variables will also be included when the connection uses a TLS client certificate:
 
 | Variable Name | Description | Example |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| AUTH_TYPE | The authentication type (for compatability). | ``CERTIFICATE`` |
+| AUTH_TYPE | Authentication type (for compatability). | ``CERTIFICATE`` |
 | REMOTE_USER | The subject CommonName attribute, if provided. | ``michael123`` |
-| TLS_CLIENT_HASH | A base64-encoded certificate fingerprint | ``hjQftIC/4zPDQ1MNdav5nRQ39pM482xoTIgxtjyZOpY=`` |
-| TLS_CLIENT_NOT_BEFORE | The certificate activation date | ``2020-04-05T04:18:22Z`` |
-| TLS_CLIENT_NOT_AFTER | The certificate expiration date | ``2021-04-05T04:18:22Z`` |
-| TLS_CLIENT_SERIAL_NUMBER | The certificate serial number | ``73629018972631`` |
-| TLS_CLIENT_VERIFIED | Whether the certificate verified by local CA | ``0``/``1`` |
-| TLS_CIPHER | The TLS cipher that was used. | ``TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384``|
-| TLS_VERSION | The TLS version that was used. | ``TLSv1.3`` |
+| TLS_CLIENT_HASH | A base64-encoded certificate fingerprint. | ``hjQftIC/4zPDQ1MNdav5nRQ39pM482xoTIgxtjyZOpY=`` |
+| TLS_CLIENT_NOT_BEFORE | Certificate activation date. | ``2020-04-05T04:18:22Z`` |
+| TLS_CLIENT_NOT_AFTER | Certificate expiration date. | ``2021-04-05T04:18:22Z`` |
+| TLS_CLIENT_SERIAL_NUMBER | Certificate serial number. | ``73629018972631`` |
+| TLS_CLIENT_VERIFIED | Was the certificate verified by OpenSSL? | ``0``/``1`` |
+| TLS_CIPHER | TLS cipher that was negotiated. | ``TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384``|
+| TLS_VERSION | TLS version that was negotiated. | ``TLSv1.3`` |
 
 The CGI script must then write the gemini response to the *stdout* stream.
 This includes the status code and meta string on the first line, and the