--- a/scripts/startup/__finish__.m
+++ b/scripts/startup/__finish__.m
@@ -18,16 +18,15 @@
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} __finish__ ()
-## Checks for the existence of the function/script, @file{finish}, in the 
-## path or current working directory and executes it. This function is
-## intended to be excecuted upon a clean exit form Octave.
-##
-## This functin is intended to be called upon a clean exit from Octave.
-## This is accomplished in the system script @file{startup/octaverc} by 
-## use of the built in function @code{onexit}.
-## @seealso{octaverc, onexit}
+## Undocumented internal function.
 ## @end deftypefn
 
+## Check for the existence of the function/script, @file{finish}, in the 
+## path or current working directory and execute it.  This function is
+## intended to be excecuted upon a clean exit form Octave.  This is
+## accomplished in the system script @file{startup/octaverc} by use of
+## the built-in function @code{onexit}.
+
 function __finish__ ()
 
   if (exist ("finish", "file"))