@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ This type is defined in @file{wctype.h}.
@c compiler optimizations, but given the decision that setlocale is
@c MT-Unsafe, all this would afford us would be the ability to not mark
@c this function with @mtslocale.
-The @code{wctype} returns a value representing a class of wide
-characters which is identified by the string @var{property}. Beside
+@code{wctype} returns a value representing a class of wide
+characters which is identified by the string @var{property}. Besides
some standard properties each locale can define its own ones. In case
no property with the given name is known for the current locale
selected for the @code{LC_CTYPE} category, the function returns zero.