diff --git a/package/dbus-triggerd/Config.in b/package/dbus-triggerd/Config.in
index a39f911fdb..331c414704 100644
--- a/package/dbus-triggerd/Config.in
+++ b/package/dbus-triggerd/Config.in
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_TRIGGERD
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	help
-	  dbus-triggerd is a tool to trigger shell-commands upon receiving
-	  a given dbus-signal.
+	  dbus-triggerd is a tool to trigger shell-commands upon
+	  receiving a given dbus-signal.
 
 	  http://gareus.org/oss/dbustriggerd/start
 
diff --git a/package/ddrescue/Config.in b/package/ddrescue/Config.in
index 2ec3e7e303..a58561cb9b 100644
--- a/package/ddrescue/Config.in
+++ b/package/ddrescue/Config.in
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DDRESCUE
 	bool "ddrescue"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	help
-	  GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file
-	  or block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying to
-	  rescue the good parts first in case of read errors.
+	  GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one
+	  file or block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another,
+	  trying to rescue the good parts first in case of read errors.
 
 	  http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
 
diff --git a/package/dialog/Config.in b/package/dialog/Config.in
index 73b71766e7..830427e53d 100644
--- a/package/dialog/Config.in
+++ b/package/dialog/Config.in
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIALOG
 	help
 	  dialog - display dialog boxes from shell scripts
 
-	  This application provides a method of displaying several different
-	  types of dialog boxes from shell scripts. This allows a developer
-	  of a script to interact with the user in a much friendlier manner.
+	  This application provides a method of displaying several
+	  different types of dialog boxes from shell scripts. This
+	  allows a developer of a script to interact with the user in a
+	  much friendlier manner.
 
 	  http://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.html
diff --git a/package/directfb-examples/Config.in b/package/directfb-examples/Config.in
index eef9f5c041..216e036577 100644
--- a/package/directfb-examples/Config.in
+++ b/package/directfb-examples/Config.in
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_EXAMPLES
 	bool "directfb examples"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 	help
-	  The DirectFB-examples package contains a set of simple DirectFB
-	  applications that can be used to test and demonstrate various
-	  DirectFB features.
+	  The DirectFB-examples package contains a set of simple
+	  DirectFB applications that can be used to test and demonstrate
+	  various DirectFB features.
 
 	  http://directfb.org/downloads/Extras/README.DirectFB-examples
diff --git a/package/directfb/Config.in b/package/directfb/Config.in
index e3b53e0a87..554abe2896 100644
--- a/package/directfb/Config.in
+++ b/package/directfb/Config.in
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
-	  DirectFB (Direct Frame Buffer) is a set of graphics APIs implemented
-	  on top of the Linux Frame Buffer (fbdev) abstraction layer. It is an
-	  alternative to X11 with a smaller memory footprint that still has an
-	  integrated windowing system. As of 4 October 2015, DirectFB's website
-	  http://www.directfb.org/ is down. See alternative site listed below.
+	  DirectFB (Direct Frame Buffer) is a set of graphics APIs
+	  implemented on top of the Linux Frame Buffer (fbdev)
+	  abstraction layer. It is an alternative to X11 with a smaller
+	  memory footprint that still has an integrated windowing
+	  system. As of 4 October 2015, DirectFB's website
+	  http://www.directfb.org/ is down. See alternative site listed
+	  below.
 
 	  http://elinux.org/DirectFB
 
diff --git a/package/dmalloc/Config.in b/package/dmalloc/Config.in
index 03d9f975f3..e5be109332 100644
--- a/package/dmalloc/Config.in
+++ b/package/dmalloc/Config.in
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DMALLOC
 	# different segments".
 	depends on !(BR2_microblaze && BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG)
 	help
-	  A debug memory allocation library which is a drop in replacement for
-	  the system's malloc, realloc, calloc, free and other memory management
-	  routines while providing powerful debugging facilities configurable at
-	  runtime.
+	  A debug memory allocation library which is a drop in
+	  replacement for the system's malloc, realloc, calloc, free and
+	  other memory management routines while providing powerful
+	  debugging facilities configurable at runtime.
 
 	  http://dmalloc.com/
diff --git a/package/dmraid/Config.in b/package/dmraid/Config.in
index 583f3f272c..d0acc4fd29 100644
--- a/package/dmraid/Config.in
+++ b/package/dmraid/Config.in
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DMRAID
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # lvm2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LVM2
 	help
-	  dmraid discovers, activates, deactivates and displays properties
-	  of software RAID sets (eg, ATARAID) and contained DOS partitions.
+	  dmraid discovers, activates, deactivates and displays
+	  properties of software RAID sets (eg, ATARAID) and contained
+	  DOS partitions.
 
 	  dmraid uses the Linux device-mapper to create devices with
 	  respective mappings for the ATARAID sets discovered.
diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/Config.in b/package/dnsmasq/Config.in
index b4f34b8d2b..936b1de509 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/Config.in
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/Config.in
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DNSMASQ_IDN
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	help
 	  Enable IDN support in dnsmasq.
-	  This option is a big space taker since it pulls in many libraries.
+	  This option is a big space taker since it pulls in many
+	  libraries.
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DNSMASQ_LUA
 	bool "Lua scripting support"
diff --git a/package/doom-wad/Config.in b/package/doom-wad/Config.in
index edd299b5e8..6f51cfb936 100644
--- a/package/doom-wad/Config.in
+++ b/package/doom-wad/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOOM_WAD
 	bool "shareware Doom WAD file"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_CHOCOLATE_DOOM || BR2_PACKAGE_PRBOOM
 	help
-	  This will install the shareware wad data file for the doom game.
+	  This will install the shareware wad data file for the doom
+	  game.
 
-	  The wad file will be placed in the /usr/share/games/doom directory.
+	  The wad file will be placed in the /usr/share/games/doom
+	  directory.
diff --git a/package/dovecot-pigeonhole/Config.in b/package/dovecot-pigeonhole/Config.in
index 83f528766a..bd6826b412 100644
--- a/package/dovecot-pigeonhole/Config.in
+++ b/package/dovecot-pigeonhole/Config.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DOVECOT_PIGEONHOLE
 	bool "dovecot-pigeonhole"
 	help
-	  Pigeonhole is the name of the project that adds support for the Sieve
-	  language (RFC 5228) and the ManageSieve protocol (RFC 5804) to the
-	  Dovecot Secure IMAP Server.
+	  Pigeonhole is the name of the project that adds support for
+	  the Sieve language (RFC 5228) and the ManageSieve protocol
+	  (RFC 5804) to the Dovecot Secure IMAP Server.
 
 	  http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org
diff --git a/package/dovecot/Config.in b/package/dovecot/Config.in
index b93e09fcec..377fd4dbb8 100644
--- a/package/dovecot/Config.in
+++ b/package/dovecot/Config.in
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOVECOT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
-	  Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server for Linux/UNIX-
-	  like systems, written with security primarily in mind. Dovecot is an
-	  excellent choice for both small and large installations. It's fast,
-	  simple to set up, requires no special administration and it uses very
-	  little memory.
+	  Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server for
+	  Linux/UNIX- like systems, written with security primarily in
+	  mind. Dovecot is an excellent choice for both small and large
+	  installations. It's fast, simple to set up, requires no
+	  special administration and it uses very little memory.
 
 	  http://www.dovecot.org
 
diff --git a/package/dstat/Config.in b/package/dstat/Config.in
index 6536a5e544..110aee844b 100644
--- a/package/dstat/Config.in
+++ b/package/dstat/Config.in
@@ -6,19 +6,20 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DSTAT
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # python
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
 	help
-	  Dstat, written in Python, is a versatile replacement for vmstat,
-	  iostat, netstat and ifstat. Dstat overcomes some of their limitations
-	  and adds some extra features, more counters and flexibility. Dstat is
-	  handy for monitoring systems during performance tuning tests,
-	  benchmarks or troubleshooting.
-	  Dstat allows you to view all of your system resources in real-time,
-	  you can e.g. compare disk utilization in combination with interrupts
-	  from your IDE controller, or compare the network bandwidth numbers
-	  directly with the disk throughput (in the same interval).
+	  Dstat, written in Python, is a versatile replacement for
+	  vmstat, iostat, netstat and ifstat. Dstat overcomes some of
+	  their limitations and adds some extra features, more counters
+	  and flexibility. Dstat is handy for monitoring systems during
+	  performance tuning tests, benchmarks or troubleshooting.
+	  Dstat allows you to view all of your system resources in
+	  real-time, you can e.g. compare disk utilization in
+	  combination with interrupts from your IDE controller, or
+	  compare the network bandwidth numbers directly with the disk
+	  throughput (in the same interval).
 
-	  Note that to get proper output, your terminal size should be known by
-	  the termios subsystem. This can be done by running the 'resize'
-	  utility of busybox.
+	  Note that to get proper output, your terminal size should be
+	  known by the termios subsystem. This can be done by running
+	  the 'resize' utility of busybox.
 
 	  http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dstat/
 
diff --git a/package/dtach/Config.in b/package/dtach/Config.in
index bea112b36d..3e6e4934cf 100644
--- a/package/dtach/Config.in
+++ b/package/dtach/Config.in
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DTACH
 	bool "dtach"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	help
-	  dtach is a tiny program that emulates the detach feature of screen,
-	  allowing you to run a program in an environment that is protected
-	  from the controlling terminal and attach to it later.
+	  dtach is a tiny program that emulates the detach feature of
+	  screen, allowing you to run a program in an environment that
+	  is protected from the controlling terminal and attach to it
+	  later.
 
 	  http://dtach.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/package/dtc/Config.in b/package/dtc/Config.in
index 39223f7226..73bd36883b 100644
--- a/package/dtc/Config.in
+++ b/package/dtc/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DTC
 	  a given format and outputs a device-tree in another format.
 
 	  Note that only the library is installed.
-	  If you want the programs, say 'y' here, and to "dtc programs", below.
+	  If you want the programs, say 'y' here, and to "dtc programs",
+	  below.
 
 	  https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/dtc/dtc.git
 
@@ -19,13 +20,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DTC_PROGRAMS
 	    - convert-dtsv0     convert from version 0 to version 1
 	    - dtc               the device tree compiler
 	    - dtdiff            compare two device trees (needs bash)
-	    - fdtdump           print a readable version of a flat device tree
+	    - fdtdump           print a readable version of a
+	                        flat device tree
 	    - fdtget            read values from device tree
 	    - fdtput            write a property value to a device tree
 
-	  Note: dtdiff requires bash, so if bash is not selected, dtdiff will
-	        be removed from the target file system. Enable bash if you
-	        need dtdiff on the target.
+	  Note: dtdiff requires bash, so if bash is not selected, dtdiff
+	  will be removed from the target file system. Enable bash if
+	  you need dtdiff on the target.
 
 comment "dtdiff will not be installed: it requires bash"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_DTC_PROGRAMS
diff --git a/package/dtc/Config.in.host b/package/dtc/Config.in.host
index cbabf0a240..f80a49bb95 100644
--- a/package/dtc/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/dtc/Config.in.host
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DTC
 	  The Device Tree Compiler, dtc, takes as input a device-tree in
 	  a given format and outputs a device-tree in another format.
 
-	  Install host tools: dtc, convert-dtsv0, fdtdump, fdtget and fdtput.
+	  Install host tools: dtc, convert-dtsv0, fdtdump, fdtget and
+	  fdtput.
 
 	  https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/dtc/dtc.git
diff --git a/package/dvbsnoop/Config.in b/package/dvbsnoop/Config.in
index fc34c349f1..fb63fa4e8b 100644
--- a/package/dvbsnoop/Config.in
+++ b/package/dvbsnoop/Config.in
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DVBSNOOP
 	bool "dvbsnoop"
 	help
-	  Dvbsnoop is just a simple tool to analyze, view or debug a transport
-	  stream (TS), program elementary stream (PES) or even a program stream
-	  (PS). Dvbsnoop is trying to get input mostly direct from a frontend
-	  (satellite or cable tuner inside a set-top box for example) via DVB
-	  APIv3 to view into a TS, or a demux to view PES or PS (also mostly
-	  inside the set-top box or even PCI Card or USB Plug) but also from a
-	  file (recorded TS).
-	  Dvbsnoop is working well on SD transport streams but may have some
-	  limited functionality on HD transport streams (DVB-{C,S,T}2 because
-	  of missing knowledge how to handle it.
+	  Dvbsnoop is just a simple tool to analyze, view or debug a
+	  transport stream (TS), program elementary stream (PES) or even
+	  a program stream (PS). Dvbsnoop is trying to get input mostly
+	  direct from a frontend (satellite or cable tuner inside a
+	  set-top box for example) via DVB APIv3 to view into a TS, or a
+	  demux to view PES or PS (also mostly inside the set-top box or
+	  even PCI Card or USB Plug) but also from a file (recorded TS).
+	  Dvbsnoop is working well on SD transport streams but may have
+	  some limited functionality on HD transport streams
+	  (DVB-{C,S,T}2 because of missing knowledge how to handle it.
 
-	  Dvbsnoop itself doesn't do the tuning on the frontend, this has to be
-	  done by external helpers or manually driver call.
-	  The dvbsnoop tool was written while developing the software Neutrino
-	  on the set-top box DBox2.
+	  Dvbsnoop itself doesn't do the tuning on the frontend, this
+	  has to be done by external helpers or manually driver call.
+	  The dvbsnoop tool was written while developing the software
+	  Neutrino on the set-top box DBox2.
 
 	  http://dvbsnoop.sourceforge.net
 	  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBox2
diff --git a/package/dvdauthor/Config.in b/package/dvdauthor/Config.in
index 8b2bcb3d6f..9ba5411d6b 100644
--- a/package/dvdauthor/Config.in
+++ b/package/dvdauthor/Config.in
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DVDAUTHOR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG
 	help
-	  DVDAuthor is a set of tools to help you author the file and directory
-	  structure of a DVD-Video disc, including programmatic commands for
-	  implementing interactive behaviour. It is driven by command lines and
-	  XML control files, though there are other programs that provide
-	  GUI-based front ends if you prefer
+	  DVDAuthor is a set of tools to help you author the file and
+	  directory structure of a DVD-Video disc, including
+	  programmatic commands for implementing interactive behaviour.
+	  It is driven by command lines and XML control files, though
+	  there are other programs that provide GUI-based front ends
+	  if you prefer
 
 	  http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net