> This PR fixes a few trivial grammar issues and typos in documentation.
> 
> The main issue is the use of the word "timeout". To my mind, timeout, a 
> duration, is not the same as deadline, which is a point in time, an instant, 
> which allows "before" and "after". While one can think of timeout as of an 
> event, which can occur, it usually expires, or elapses. An activity can also 
> "time out" (phrasal verb).
> 
> I think the proposed change might read better and match wording already used 
> throughout `java.util.concurrent.**`, for example, here:  
> 
> * 
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/00e6c63cd12e3f92d0c1d007aab4f74915616ffb/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/ExecutorService.java#L211-L223
> * 
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/fbe4cc96e223882a18c7ff666fe6f68b3fa2cfe4/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/locks/AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java#L1019-L1036
>  
> 
> @DougLea, thoughts?

Pavel Rappo has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
commit since the last revision:

  Fix grammatical tense

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20584/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20584/files/0c692020..3c05ab33

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=20584&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=20584&range=00-01

  Stats: 4 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 4 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20584.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/20584/head:pull/20584

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20584

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