diff --git a/docs/xml/lcl/fileutil.xml b/docs/xml/lcl/fileutil.xml
index 4d0c415d33..c751f20d0f 100644
--- a/docs/xml/lcl/fileutil.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/lcl/fileutil.xml
@@ -196,12 +196,13 @@
       <!-- function Visibility: default -->
       <element name="FileIsText">
         <short>
-          <var>FileIsText</var> - checks whether the supplied file name refers to a readale text file</short>
+          <var>FileIsText</var> - checks whether the supplied file name refers to a readable text file</short>
         <descr>
           <p>
-            <var>FileIsText</var> - checks whether the supplied file name refers to a readale text file</p>
-          <p>Searches the opening section of the file for non-text characters such as ASCII 0 to 31 (except CR and LF, the new line characters)</p>
+            <var>FileIsText</var> - checks whether the supplied file name refers to a readable text file</p>
+          <p>Searches the opening section of the file (first 1024 characters) for non-text characters such as ASCII 0 to 31 (except CR and LF, the new line characters)</p>
         </descr>
+        <errors>If there is a file reading error, an Exception is raised and <var>FileReadable</var> returns False</errors>
       </element>
       <!-- function result Visibility: default -->
       <element name="FileIsText.Result">
@@ -213,16 +214,18 @@
       </element>
       <!-- argument Visibility: default -->
       <element name="FileIsText.FileReadable">
-        <short>Returns false if non-text characters are detected</short>
+        <short>Returns false if a file reading Exception is encountered</short>
       </element>
       <!-- function Visibility: default -->
       <element name="FileIsExecutable">
         <short>
           <var>FileIsExecutable</var> - checks if 
+          
           <var>AFileName</var> refers to an executable file</short>
         <descr>
           <p>
             <var>FileIsExecutable</var> - checks if 
+            
             <var>AFileName</var> refers to an executable file</p>
           <p>On Windows systems, if the file exists it is regarded as executable.</p>
           <p>On other systems (eg Unix etc), looks at file permissions to see whether execute flag is set</p>
@@ -287,22 +290,32 @@
       </element>
       <!-- function Visibility: default -->
       <element name="ReadAllLinks">
-        <short/>
-        <descr/>
-        <errors/>
-        <seealso/>
+        <short>
+          <var>ReadAllLinks</var> - tries to find the file that is referred to by the symbolic link in  
+          <var>FileName</var>
+        </short>
+        <descr>
+          <p>
+            <var>ReadAllLinks</var> - tries to find the file that is referred to by the symbolic link in 
+  
+            <var>FileName</var>
+          </p>
+          <var>No function in Windows systems</var>
+          <var>On Unix-like systems, finds the linked file and returns its full path and filename, or (if <var>ExceptionOnError</var> has been set True) an Exception is raised with appropriate error message</var>
+        </descr>
+        <errors>If an error is encountered on trying to read the link, provided <var>ExceptionOnError</var> has been set True an Exception is raised with appropriate error message. Otherwise an error results in the return of an empty string.</errors>
       </element>
       <!-- function result Visibility: default -->
       <element name="ReadAllLinks.Result">
-        <short/>
+        <short>Returns the full path and filename of the target file; empty if the file is not found, or the original <var>FileName</var> on Windows systems</short>
       </element>
       <!-- argument Visibility: default -->
       <element name="ReadAllLinks.Filename">
-        <short/>
+        <short>The string containing the symbolic link</short>
       </element>
       <!-- argument Visibility: default -->
       <element name="ReadAllLinks.ExceptionOnError">
-        <short/>
+        <short>If True, an Exception is raised on encountering a file error</short>
       </element>
       <!-- function Visibility: default -->
       <element name="DirPathExists">
@@ -333,6 +346,7 @@
       <element name="DeleteDirectory">
         <short>
           <var>DeleteDirectory</var> - Delete the named directory (or only its contents if  
+          
           <var>OnlyChilds</var> is True)</short>
         <errors>If there was an error, such as trying to removing . or .., or there were insufficient permissions, or the file did not exist, False is returned</errors>
       </element>
@@ -350,14 +364,12 @@
       </element>
       <!-- function Visibility: default -->
       <element name="ProgramDirectory">
-        <short/>
-        <descr/>
-        <errors/>
-        <seealso/>
+        <short>
+          <var>ProgramDirectory</var> - returns the directory in which the currently running program resides</short>
       </element>
       <!-- function result Visibility: default -->
       <element name="ProgramDirectory.Result">
-        <short/>
+        <short>Returns the name of the directory in which the current program is found</short>
       </element>
       <!-- function Visibility: default -->
       <element name="DirectoryIsWritable">
@@ -435,10 +447,12 @@
           
           
           
+          
           <var>Ext</var> must match case in 
           
           
           
+          
           <var>FileName</var>
         </short>
       </element>
@@ -521,6 +535,7 @@
       <element name="CleanAndExpandDirectory">
         <short>
           <var>CleanAndExpandDirectory</var> - trims and cleans 
+          
           <var>FileName</var> and appends a directory delimiter to it</short>
       </element>
       <!-- function result Visibility: default -->
@@ -537,9 +552,11 @@
           <var>CreateAbsoluteSearchPath</var> - concatenates  
           
           
+          
           <var>BaseDirectory </var>and  
           
           
+          
           <var>SearchPath</var> to form an absolute path to search for files</short>
         <descr>
           <p>
@@ -547,10 +564,12 @@
   
             
             
+            
             <var>BaseDirectory </var>and 
   
             
             
+            
             <var>SearchPath</var> to form an absolute path to search for files</p>
           <p>Adds appropriate path delimiters to the BaseDirectory string, then adds the search path, checking that each directory in the path is in fact an absolutely specified directory, then returns the fully formed absolute search path.</p>
         </descr>
@@ -581,12 +600,14 @@
           <var>CreateRelativePath</var> - given an absolute path and a 
           
           
+          
           <var>BaseDirectory,</var> create a search path relative to the current directory</short>
         <descr>
           <p>
             <var>CreateRelativePath</var> - given an absolute path and a 
             
             
+            
             <var>BaseDirectory,</var> create a search path relative to the current directory</p>
           <p>The returned string includes the correct number of dots and double dots to signify relativity to the current directory (eg ../../or ..\..\ etc)</p>
         </descr>
@@ -610,7 +631,9 @@
       <element name="FileIsInPath">
         <short>
           <var>FileIsInPath</var> - checks that 
+          
           <var>FileName</var> refers to a file that exists within the given 
+          
           <var>Path</var>
         </short>
       </element>
@@ -631,13 +654,17 @@
       <element name="FileIsInDirectory">
         <short>
           <var>FileIsInDirectory</var> - checks whether a file with 
+          
           <var>FileName</var> exists within the given 
+          
           <var>Directory</var>
         </short>
         <descr>
           <p>
             <var>FileIsInDirectory</var> - checks whether a file with 
+            
             <var>FileName</var> exists within the given 
+            
             <var>Directory</var>
           </p>
         </descr>
@@ -788,6 +815,7 @@
       <element name="FindDiskFileCaseInsensitive">
         <short>
           <var>FindDiskFileCaseInsensitive</var> - searches for the given 
+          
           <var>FileName</var> in a case insensitive manner</short>
       </element>
       <!-- function result Visibility: default -->
@@ -1045,18 +1073,24 @@
       </element>
       <!-- function Visibility: default -->
       <element name="ReadFileToString">
-        <short/>
-        <descr/>
-        <errors/>
-        <seealso/>
+        <short>
+          <var>ReadFileToString</var> - returns a string with the contents of the named file</short>
+        <descr>
+          <p>
+            <printshort id="ReadFileToString"/>
+          </p>
+          <p>Opens the file and reads its contents into a Stream, then reads the stream to construct the 
+          <var>Result</var> string</p>
+        </descr>
+        <errors>If there is an error in reading the file, an exception is raised and an empty string is returned</errors>
       </element>
       <!-- function result Visibility: default -->
       <element name="ReadFileToString.Result">
-        <short/>
+        <short>The contents of the file as a string, or an empty string if there is an error or the file is empty</short>
       </element>
       <!-- argument Visibility: default -->
       <element name="ReadFileToString.Filename">
-        <short/>
+        <short>The name of the file for processing</short>
       </element>
       <!-- function Visibility: default -->
       <element name="CopyFile">