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diff --git a/contents/getting-started/tracing-the-linux-kernel.md b/contents/getting-started/tracing-the-linux-kernel.md
index 95a2836d3c8e62ed40ff235bf427add7098536e1..659aa477f311a8e6cb93da8b66034f4397379a64 100644 (file)
--- a/contents/getting-started/tracing-the-linux-kernel.md
+++ b/contents/getting-started/tracing-the-linux-kernel.md
@@ -7,28 +7,26 @@ Make sure LTTng-tools and LTTng-modules packages
 
 Since you're about to trace the Linux kernel itself, let's look at the
 available kernel events using the `lttng` tool, which has a
-Git like command line structure:
+Git-like command line structure:
 
 <pre class="term">
 lttng list --kernel
 </pre>
 
-<div class="tip">
-<p>
-    <span class="t">Tip:</span>You can avoid using <code>sudo</code> in
-    the previous and following commands if your user is part of the
-    <a href="/docs/#doc-lttng-sessiond" class="int"><code>tracing</code> group</a>.
-</p>
-</div>
-
 Before tracing, you need to create a session:
 
 <pre class="term">
-sudo lttng create my-session
+sudo lttng create
 </pre>
 
-`my-session` is the tracing session name and could be anything you
-like. `auto` will be used if omitted.
+<div class="tip">
+<p>
+    <span class="t">Tip:</span>You can avoid using <code>sudo</code> in
+    the previous and following commands if your user is a member of the
+    <a href="#doc-lttng-sessiond" class="int"><code>tracing</code>
+    group</a>.
+</p>
+</div>
 
 Let's now enable some events for this session:
 
@@ -36,8 +34,8 @@ Let's now enable some events for this session:
 sudo lttng enable-event --kernel sched_switch,sched_process_fork
 </pre>
 
-or you might want to simply enable all available kernel events (beware
-that trace files will grow rapidly when doing this):
+Or you might want to simply enable all available kernel events (beware
+that trace files grow rapidly when doing this):
 
 <pre class="term">
 sudo lttng enable-event --kernel --all
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ sudo lttng destroy
 </pre>
 
 Although `destroy` looks scary here, it doesn't actually destroy the
-outputted traces: it only destroys the tracing session.
+written trace files: it only destroys the tracing session.
 
 What's next? Have a look at
 [Viewing and analyzing your traces](#doc-viewing-and-analyzing-your-traces)