--- a/doc/interpreter/basics.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/basics.txi
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@
 
 @node Getting Help
 @section Commands for Getting Help
-@cindex on-line help
-@cindex help, on-line
+@cindex online help
+@cindex help, online
 
 The entire text of this manual is available from the Octave prompt
 via the command @kbd{doc}.  In addition, the documentation for

--- a/doc/interpreter/errors.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/errors.txi
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 @print{}  
 @print{}  
 @print{}  Additional help for built-in functions and operators is
-@print{}  available in the on-line version of the manual.  Use the command
+@print{}  available in the online version of the manual.  Use the command
 @print{}  `doc <topic>' to search the manual index.
 @print{}  
 @print{}  Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW

--- a/doc/interpreter/octave.1
+++ b/doc/interpreter/octave.1
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .fi
 ..
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
-.TH OCTAVE 1 "4 February 2011" "GNU Octave"
+.TH OCTAVE 1 "19 October 2012" "GNU Octave"
 .SH NAME
 octave \- A high-level interactive language for numerical computations.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
 .SH DOCUMENTATION
 The primary documentation for Octave is written using Texinfo, the GNU
 documentation system, which allows the same source files to be used to
-produce on-line and printed versions of the manual.
+produce online and printed versions of the manual.
 .PP
-You can read the on-line copy of the Octave documentation by issuing
+You can read the online copy of the Octave documentation by issuing
 the following command from within \fBoctave\fP.
 .Vb
 

--- a/doc/interpreter/package.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/package.txi
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 installation of extra packages.  The `Octave-Forge' project is a
 community-maintained set of packages that can be downloaded and
 installed in Octave.  At the time of writing the `Octave-Forge' project
-can be found on-line at @uref{http://octave.sourceforge.net}, but
+can be found online at @uref{http://octave.sourceforge.net}, but
 since the Internet is an ever-changing place this may not be true at
 the time of reading.  Therefore it is recommended to see the Octave
 website for an updated reference.

--- a/libinterp/corefcn/typecast.cc
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/typecast.cc
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 @group\n\
 @var{x} = uint16 ([1, 65535]);\n\
 typecast (@var{x}, \"uint8\")\n\
-  @result{} [   0,   1, 255, 255]\n\
+@result{} [   1,   0, 255, 255]\n\
 @end group\n\
 @end example\n\
 @seealso{cast, bitunpack, bitpack, swapbytes}\n\

--- a/scripts/help/doc.m
+++ b/scripts/help/doc.m
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Command} {} doc @var{function_name}
 ## Display documentation for the function @var{function_name}
-## directly from an on-line version of
+## directly from an online version of
 ## the printed manual, using the GNU Info browser.  If invoked without
 ## any arguments, the manual is shown from the beginning.
 ##
 ## For example, the command @kbd{doc rand} starts the GNU Info browser
-## at the @code{rand} node in the on-line version of the manual.
+## at the @code{rand} node in the online version of the manual.
 ##
 ## Once the GNU Info browser is running, help for using it is available
 ## using the command @kbd{C-h}.

--- a/scripts/help/private/__additional_help_message__.m
+++ b/scripts/help/private/__additional_help_message__.m
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   else
     msg = "\
 Additional help for built-in functions and operators is\n\
-available in the on-line version of the manual.  Use the command\n\
+available in the online version of the manual.  Use the command\n\
 'doc <topic>' to search the manual index.\n\
 \n\
 Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW\n\