There are some typos in the user's guide.

Groovy has to type of script variables.
Groovy has two types of script variables.

do much better Job here.
do much better job here.

there is another build tools with a plugin system
there is another build tool with a plugin system

Gradle has added to log-levels to the ones normally used.
Gradle has added two log-levels to the ones normally used.

provide a <emphasis>dependency configuration</emphasis>(e.g.
<literal>compile</literal>).
provide a <emphasis>dependency configuration</emphasis> (e.g.
<literal>compile</literal>)

in logging.xml names of log levels are sometimes in bold and
sometimes not

except the Ant/Ivy trace level, which is mapped to Gradle debug.
except the Ant/Ivy <emphasis>TRACE</emphasis> level, which is mapped to
Gradle <emphasis>DEBUG</emphasis>.

Strictly speaking, QUIET and LIFECYCLE are
Strictly speaking, <emphasis>QUIET</emphasis> and
<emphasis>LIFECYCLE</emphasis> are

Patch included.

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Tomek Kaczanowski
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