diff --git a/doc/syntastic-checkers.txt b/doc/syntastic-checkers.txt
index 0f5d3e26..e2bf83d6 100644
--- a/doc/syntastic-checkers.txt
+++ b/doc/syntastic-checkers.txt
@@ -228,18 +228,18 @@ fatal errors in one of the included files.
 Type: string
 Default: unset
 Compilation flags (such as defines or include directories) to be passed to the
-checker.
+linter.
 
                                                *'g:syntastic_ada_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_ada_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
                                               *'g:syntastic_ada_include_dirs'*
 Type: array of strings
 Default: []
-Include directories to be passed to the checker, in addition to the above
+Include directories to be passed to the linter, in addition to the above
 compilation flags. You can set it like this: >
     let g:syntastic_ada_include_dirs = ["includes", "headers"]
 <
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ Note~
 
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_ada_gcc_<option>' variables. The only exception is
-'g:syntastic_ada_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the checker's
+'g:syntastic_ada_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the linter's
 executable.
 
 ==============================================================================
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Ansible (filetype "ansible"):
 Name:        ansible_lint
 Maintainer:  Erik Zaadi <erik.zaadi@gmail.com>
 
-"Ansible-lint" is a style checker for Ansible playbooks. See the project's
+"Ansible-lint" is a style linter for Ansible playbooks. See the project's
 page at GitHub for details:
 
     https://github.com/willthames/ansible-lint
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
 Note~
 
-If you would prefer to use Asciidoctor (http://asciidoctor.org/) as an
-external checker instead of "Asciidoc", you can do that by pointing
+If you would prefer to use Asciidoctor (http://asciidoctor.org/)
+as a linter instead of "Asciidoc", you can do that by pointing
 'g:syntastic_asciidoc_asciidoc_exec' to it: >
     let g:syntastic_asciidoc_asciidoc_exec = "asciidoctor"
 <
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ Note~
 
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_asm_gcc_<option>' variables. The only exception is
-'g:syntastic_asm_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the checker's
+'g:syntastic_asm_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the linter's
 executable.
 
 ==============================================================================
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ one option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 Name:        checkpatch
 Maintainer:  Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>
 
-"Checkpatch" is a style checker for the Linux kernel sources. It's
+"Checkpatch" is a style linter for the Linux kernel sources. It's
 distributed along with the Linux kernel sources:
 
     https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -776,18 +776,18 @@ fatal errors in one of the included files.
 Type: string
 Default: "-std=gnu99"
 Compilation flags (such as defines or include directories) to be passed to the
-checker.
+linter.
 
                                                  *'g:syntastic_c_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_c_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
                                                 *'g:syntastic_c_include_dirs'*
 Type: array of strings
 Default: []
-Include directories to be passed to the checker, in addition to the above
+Include directories to be passed to the linter, in addition to the above
 compilation flags. You can set it to something like this: >
     let g:syntastic_c_include_dirs = ["includes", "headers"]
 <
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ Note~
 
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_c_gcc_<option>' variables. The only exception is
-'g:syntastic_c_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the checker's
+'g:syntastic_c_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the linter's
 executable.
 
 See also: |syntastic-cpp-gcc|.
@@ -1274,18 +1274,18 @@ fatal errors in one of the included files.
 Type: string
 Default: unset
 Compilation flags (such as defines or include directories) to be passed to the
-checker.
+linter.
 
                                                *'g:syntastic_cpp_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_cpp_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
                                               *'g:syntastic_cpp_include_dirs'*
 Type: array of strings
 Default: []
-Include directories to be passed to the checker, in addition to the above
+Include directories to be passed to the linter, in addition to the above
 compilation flags. You can set it to something like this: >
     let g:syntastic_cpp_include_dirs = ["includes", "headers"]
 >
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ Note~
 
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_cpp_gcc_<option>' variables. The only exception is
-'g:syntastic_cpp_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the checker's
+'g:syntastic_cpp_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the linter's
 executable.
 
 See also: |syntastic-c-gcc|.
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ Additionally:
                                             *'g:syntastic_verapp_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_verapp_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
 ==============================================================================
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ Note~
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_cabal_cabal_<option>' variables. The only exception
 is 'g:syntastic_cabal_cabal_exec', which can still be used to override the
-checker's executable.
+linter's executable.
 
 ==============================================================================
 SYNTAX CHECKERS FOR CHEF                             *syntastic-checkers-chef*
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ The following checkers are available for CMake (filetype "cmake"):
 Name:        cmakelint
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"cmakelint" is a style checker for "CMake" files (https://cmake.org/).
+"cmakelint" is a style linter for "CMake" files (https://cmake.org/).
 See the project's page at GitHub more information:
 
     https://github.com/richq/cmake-lint
@@ -1556,18 +1556,18 @@ fatal errors in one of the included files.
                                         *'g:syntastic_cobol_compiler_options'*
 Type: string
 Default: unset
-Compilation flags (such as "-std=cobol2002") to be passed to the checker.
+Compilation flags (such as "-std=cobol2002") to be passed to the linter.
 
                                              *'g:syntastic_cobol_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_cobol_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
                                             *'g:syntastic_cobol_include_dirs'*
 Type: array of strings
 Default: []
-Include directories to be passed to the checker, in addition to the above
+Include directories to be passed to the linter, in addition to the above
 compilation flags. You can set it to something like this: >
     let g:syntastic_cobol_include_dirs = ["includes", "headers"]
 <
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ Note~
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_cobol_cobc_<option>' variables. The only exception
 is 'g:syntastic_cobol_cobc_exec', which can still be used to override the
-checker's executable.
+linter's executable.
 
 ==============================================================================
 SYNTAX CHECKERS FOR COCO                               *syntastic-checkers-co*
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ Accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        coffeelint
 Maintainer:  Lincoln Stoll <l@lds.li>
 
-"CoffeeLint" is a style checker for CoffeeScript. See the project's page for
+"CoffeeLint" is a style linter for CoffeeScript. See the project's page for
 details:
 
     http://www.coffeelint.org/
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        mixedindentlint
 Maintainer:  Payton Swick <payton@foolord.com>
 
-"mixedindentlint" is a general-purpose indentation checker. See the project's
+"mixedindentlint" is a general-purpose indentation linter. See the project's
 page at GitHub for more information:
 
     https://github.com/sirbrillig/mixedindentlint
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-javascript-mixedindentlint|, |syntastic-scss-mixedindentlin
 Name:        phpcs
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"PHP_CodeSniffer" is a style checker for PHP and CSS. See the project's page
+"PHP_CodeSniffer" is a style linter for PHP and CSS. See the project's page
 at GitHub for details:
 
     https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-less-recess|.
 Name:        stylelint
 Maintainer:  Tim Carry <tim@pixelastic.com>
 
-"stylelint" is a style checker for Cascading Stylesheets. See the project's
+"stylelint" is a style linter for Cascading Stylesheets. See the project's
 page for more information:
 
     http://stylelint.io/
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ Example: >
                                               *'g:syntastic_cuda_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_cuda_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
 ==============================================================================
@@ -1943,18 +1943,18 @@ fatal errors in one of the included files.
 Type: string
 Default: unset
 Compilation flags (such as defines or include directories) to be passed to the
-checker.
+linter.
 
                                                  *'g:syntastic_d_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_d_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
                                                 *'g:syntastic_d_include_dirs'*
 Type: array of strings
 Default: inferred from ".dub/packages"
-Include directories to be passed to the checker, in addition to the above
+Include directories to be passed to the linter, in addition to the above
 compilation flags. You can set it like this: >
     let g:syntastic_d_include_dirs = ["includes", "headers"]
 <
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ Note~
 
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_d_dmd_<option>' variables. The only exception is
-'g:syntastic_d_dmd_exec', which can still be used to override the checker's
+'g:syntastic_d_dmd_exec', which can still be used to override the linter's
 executable.
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-nroff-igor|, |syntastic-text-igor|.
 Name:        xmllint
 Maintainer:  Martin Grenfell <martin.grenfell@gmail.com>
 
-"xmllint" is a checker and transformer tool for XML files, distributed with
+"xmllint" is a linter and transformer tool for XML files, distributed with
 the "libxml" package (http://www.xmlsoft.org/). See the tool's manual for more
 information:
 
@@ -2257,7 +2257,7 @@ the following line in your vimrc: >
 Name:        syntaxerl
 Maintainer:  locojay
 
-"SyntaxErl" is a syntax checker for Erlang. It uses "rebar"
+"SyntaxErl" is a syntax linter for Erlang. It uses "rebar"
 (https://github.com/basho/rebar) to determine correct dependencies and library
 paths. See the project's page for more information:
 
@@ -2335,18 +2335,18 @@ fatal errors in one of the included files.
                                       *'g:syntastic_fortran_compiler_options'*
 Type: string
 Default: unset
-Compilation flags (such as "-std=f95") to be passed to the checker.
+Compilation flags (such as "-std=f95") to be passed to the linter.
 
                                            *'g:syntastic_fortran_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_fortran_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
                                           *'g:syntastic_fortran_include_dirs'*
 Type: array of strings
 Default: []
-Include directories to be passed to the checker, in addition to the above
+Include directories to be passed to the linter, in addition to the above
 compilation flags. You can set it like this: >
     let g:syntastic_fortran_include_dirs = ["includes", "headers"]"
 <
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@ Note~
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_fortran_gfortran_<option>' variables. The only
 exception is 'g:syntastic_fortran_gfortran_exec', which can still be used to
-override the checker's executable.
+override the linter's executable.
 
 ==============================================================================
 SYNTAX CHECKERS FOR GENTOO METADATA                *syntastic-checkers-gentoo*
@@ -2646,7 +2646,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        haml_lint
 Maintainer:  Shane da Silva <shane@dasilva.io>
 
-"HAML-Lint" is a checker for HAML files. See the project's page for details:
+"HAML-Lint" is a linter for HAML files. See the project's page for details:
 
     https://github.com/causes/haml-lint
 
@@ -2748,7 +2748,7 @@ probably add something like this to your vimrc: >
 Name:        scan
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"Style scanner" is a style checker for Haskell. See the project's page for
+"Style scanner" is a style linter for Haskell. See the project's page for
 details:
 
     http://projects.haskell.org/style-scanner/
@@ -2877,7 +2877,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-javascript-eslint|, |syntastic-typescript-eslint|,
 Name:        gjslint
 Maintainer:  Martin Grenfell <martin.grenfell@gmail.com>
 
-"Closure Linter", or "gjslint", is a style checker for JavaScript. It can also
+"Closure Linter", or "gjslint", is a style linter for JavaScript. It can also
 detect problems in HTML files. See the project's page for more information:
 
     https://developers.google.com/closure/utilities/
@@ -2895,7 +2895,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-javascript-gjslint|.
 Name:        tidy
 Maintainer:  Martin Grenfell <martin.grenfell@gmail.com>
 
-"HTML Tidy" is a syntax checker and formatter for HTML. See the project's page
+"HTML Tidy" is a syntax linter and formatter for HTML. See the project's page
 for more information:
 
     http://www.html-tidy.org/
@@ -3047,12 +3047,12 @@ See also: |syntastic-markdown-textlint|, |syntastic-text-textlint|.
 Name:        validator
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"Validator" is a non-DTD-based HTML checker.  See the project's page for
+"Validator" is a non-DTD-based HTML linter.  See the project's page for
 details:
 
     http://validator.github.io/validator/
 
-As a syntastic checker, you can validate your files against the online service
+As a syntastic linter, you can validate your files against the online service
 (see https://validator.nu/), or you can install "vnu.jar":
 
     https://github.com/validator/validator/releases/latest
@@ -3125,7 +3125,7 @@ details:
 
     https://validator.w3.org/source/
 
-As a syntastic checker, you can validate your files against the online service
+As a syntastic linter, you can validate your files against the online service
 (see http://validator.w3.org/), or you can install it from sources and run it
 as a local service:
 
@@ -3181,7 +3181,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Java (filetype "java"):
 Name:        checkstyle
 Maintainer:  Dmitry Geurkov <d.geurkov@gmail.com>
 
-"Checkstyle" is a style checker for Java.  See the project's page for details:
+"Checkstyle" is a style linter for Java.  See the project's page for details:
 
     http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/
 
@@ -3335,7 +3335,7 @@ Using Ant~
 When using "ant" (http://ant.apache.org/) you can have a custom build target
 (named for example "path") that will output your project's classpath. You can
 then use `:SyntasticJavacEditConfig` and add the following line to use it with
-"javac" checker: >
+"javac" linter: >
     let g:syntastic_java_javac_custom_classpath_command =
         \ "ant -q path | grep echo | cut -f2- -d] | tr -d ' ' | tr ':' '\n'"
 <
@@ -3436,7 +3436,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-html-eslint|, |syntastic-typescript-eslint|,
 Name:        flow
 Maintainer:  Michael Robinson <mike@pagesofinterest.net>
 
-"Flow" is a static type checker for JavaScript, written by Facebook. See the
+"Flow" is a static type linter for JavaScript, written by Facebook. See the
 project's page for details:
 
     http://flowtype.org/
@@ -3471,7 +3471,7 @@ c. Read the docs to find out more. It won't work out of the box.
 Name:        gjslint
 Maintainer:  Martin Grenfell <martin.grenfell@gmail.com>
 
-"Closure Linter", or "gjslint", is a style checker for JavaScript. See the
+"Closure Linter", or "gjslint", is a style linter for JavaScript. See the
 project's page for more information:
 
     https://developers.google.com/closure/utilities/
@@ -3504,7 +3504,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        jscs
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"JSCS" is a code style checker for JavaScript. See the project's page for
+"JSCS" is a code style linter for JavaScript. See the project's page for
 more information:
 
     https://github.com/mdevils/node-jscs
@@ -3568,7 +3568,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-html-jshint|, |syntastic-xhtml-jshint|.
 Name:        jslint
 Maintainer:  Martin Grenfell <martin.grenfell@gmail.com>
 
-"JSLint" is a code quality checker for JavaScript. See the program's page for
+"JSLint" is a code quality linter for JavaScript. See the program's page for
 details:
 
     http://www.jslint.com/
@@ -3665,7 +3665,7 @@ To get around this, "Syntastic-React" can be used as a replacement for
 Name:        mixedindentlint
 Maintainer:  Payton Swick <payton@foolord.com>
 
-"mixedindentlint" is a general-purpose indentation checker. See the project's
+"mixedindentlint" is a general-purpose indentation linter. See the project's
 page at GitHub for more information:
 
     https://github.com/sirbrillig/mixedindentlint
@@ -3683,7 +3683,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-css-mixedindentlint|, |syntastic-scss-mixedindentlint|.
 Name:        standard
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"Standard" is a code style checker for JavaScript.  See the project's page for
+"Standard" is a code style linter for JavaScript.  See the project's page for
 more information:
 
     https://github.com/feross/standard
@@ -3717,7 +3717,7 @@ example to use happiness (https://github.com/JedWatson/happiness) instead of
 Name:        tern_lint
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"tern-lint" is a static type checker for JavaScript.  See the project's page
+"tern-lint" is a static type linter for JavaScript.  See the project's page
 for more information:
 
     https://github.com/angelozerr/tern-lint
@@ -3792,7 +3792,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Julia (filetype "julia"):
 Name:        lint
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-This is a checker for Julia files (https://julialang.org/), using the Julia
+This is a linter for Julia files (https://julialang.org/), using the Julia
 package "Lint". See the package's documentation for more information:
 
     http://lintjl.readthedocs.io/
@@ -4032,7 +4032,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Markdown (filetype "markdown"):
 Name:        mdl
 Maintainer:  Charles Beynon <etothepiipower@gmail.com>
 
-"Markdown lint tool" is a style checker for Markdown files. See the project's
+"Markdown lint tool" is a style linter for Markdown files. See the project's
 page at GitHub for details:
 
     https://github.com/mivok/markdownlint
@@ -4049,7 +4049,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 
 Note~
 
-You can also use the "Node.js"-based "markdownlint-cli" as a checker instead
+You can also use the "Node.js"-based "markdownlint-cli" as a linter instead
 of "mdl":
 
     https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
@@ -4112,7 +4112,7 @@ The following checkers are available for MATLAB (filetype "matlab"):
 Name:        mlint
 Maintainer:  Jason Graham <jason@the-graham.com>
 
-"mlint" is a code checker for MATLAB. The "mlint" binary is distributed with
+"mlint" is a code linter for MATLAB. The "mlint" binary is distributed with
 the "MATLAB" package:
 
     http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/
@@ -4180,7 +4180,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Nix (filetype "nix"):
 Name:        nix
 Maintainer:  Tim Cuthbertson <tim@gfxmonk.net>
 
-"Nix" is a checker for language "Nix" using "nix-instantiate". See the
+"Nix" is a linter for language "Nix" using "nix-instantiate". See the
 project's page for details:
 
     http://nixos.org/
@@ -4295,18 +4295,18 @@ fatal errors in one of the included files.
 Type: string
 Default: unset
 Compilation flags (such as defines or include directories) to be passed to the
-checker.
+linter.
 
                                               *'g:syntastic_objc_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_objc_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
                                              *'g:syntastic_objc_include_dirs'*
 Type: array of strings
 Default: []
-Include directories to be passed to the checker, in addition to the above
+Include directories to be passed to the linter, in addition to the above
 compilation flags. You can set it like this: >
     let g:syntastic_objc_include_dirs = ["includes", "headers"]
 <
@@ -4339,7 +4339,7 @@ Note~
 
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_objc_gcc_<option>' variables. The only exception is
-'g:syntastic_objc_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the checker's
+'g:syntastic_objc_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the linter's
 executable.
 
 See also: |syntastic-objcpp-gcc|.
@@ -4406,18 +4406,18 @@ fatal errors in one of the included files.
 Type: string
 Default: unset
 Compilation flags (such as defines or include directories) to be passed to the
-checker.
+linter.
 
                                             *'g:syntastic_objcpp_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_objcpp_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
                                            *'g:syntastic_objcpp_include_dirs'*
 Type: array of strings
 Default: []
-Include directories to be passed to the checker, in addition to the above
+Include directories to be passed to the linter, in addition to the above
 compilation flags. You can set it like this: >
     let g:syntastic_objcpp_include_dirs = ["includes", "headers"]
 <
@@ -4451,7 +4451,7 @@ Note~
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_objcpp_gcc_<option>' variables. The only exception
 is 'g:syntastic_objcpp_gcc_exec', which can still be used to override the
-checker's executable.
+linter's executable.
 
 See also: |syntastic-objc-gcc|.
 
@@ -4537,7 +4537,7 @@ the usual 'g:syntastic_ocaml_camlp4o_<option>' variables.
 
 Note~
 
-You might consider using the checkers packaged with Merlin instead of this
+You might consider using the linters packaged with Merlin instead of this
 one. They provide type errors and let you use packages outside core:
 
     https://github.com/the-lambda-church/merlin
@@ -4679,7 +4679,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        phpcs
 Maintainer:  Martin Grenfell <martin.grenfell@gmail.com>
 
-"PHP_CodeSniffer" is a style checker for PHP and CSS. See the project's page
+"PHP_CodeSniffer" is a style linter for PHP and CSS. See the project's page
 at GitHub for details:
 
     https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/
@@ -4715,7 +4715,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-css-phpcs|.
 Name:        phplint
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"PHPLint" is a style checker for PHP. See the project's page for details:
+"PHPLint" is a style linter for PHP. See the project's page for details:
 
     http://www.icosaedro.it/phplint/
 
@@ -4818,7 +4818,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Pug (formerly Jade; filetype "pug"):
 Name:        pug_lint
 Maintainer:  Ben Parnell <benjaminparnell.94@gmail.com>
 
-"pug-lint" is a linter and style checker for Pug (formerly known as "Jade";
+"pug-lint" is a linter and style linter for Pug (formerly known as "Jade";
 http://jade-lang.com/). See the project's page at GitHub for details:
 
     https://github.com/pugjs/pug-lint
@@ -4858,7 +4858,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        puppetlint
 Maintainer:  Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>
 
-"puppet-lint" is a style checker for puppet manifests
+"puppet-lint" is a style linter for puppet manifests
 (http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet).  See the project's page for
 details:
 
@@ -4957,7 +4957,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        mypy
 Maintainer:  Russ Hewgill <Russ.Hewgill@gmail.com>
 
-"mypy" is a static type checker for Python. See the project's page for
+"mypy" is a static type linter for Python. See the project's page for
 details:
 
     http://www.mypy-lang.org/
@@ -4996,7 +4996,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        py3kwarn
 Author: Liam Curry <liam@curry.name>
 
-"Py3kwarn" is a code checker for Python that detects incompatibilities with
+"Py3kwarn" is a code linter for Python that detects incompatibilities with
 Python 3. See the project's page for details:
 
     https://github.com/liamcurry/py3kwarn
@@ -5012,7 +5012,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        pycodestyle
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"pycodestyle" (formerly "pep8") is a style checker for Python, derived from
+"pycodestyle" (formerly "pep8") is a style linter for Python, derived from
 the conventions in PEP 8 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/). See the
 project's page for details:
 
@@ -5029,7 +5029,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        pydocstyle
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"pydocstyle" (formerly "pep257") is a docstring style checker
+"pydocstyle" (formerly "pep257") is a docstring style linter
 for Python, derived from the conventions established in PEP 257
 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/). See the project's page for
 details:
@@ -5049,7 +5049,7 @@ Authors:     Martin Grenfell <martin.grenfell@gmail.com>
              kstep <me@kstep.me>
              Parantapa Bhattacharya <parantapa@gmail.com>
 
-"Pyflakes" is a simple code checker for Python.  See the project's page for
+"Pyflakes" is a simple code linter for Python.  See the project's page for
 more information:
 
     https://launchpad.net/pyflakes
@@ -5091,7 +5091,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        pylint
 Author: Parantapa Bhattacharya <parantapa@gmail.com>
 
-"Pylint" is a code checker for Python. See the project's page for details:
+"Pylint" is a code linter for Python. See the project's page for details:
 
     http://www.pylint.org/
 
@@ -5249,7 +5249,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-rmd-lintr|.
 Name:        svtools
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-This is a checker for R files, using the R package "svTools":
+This is a linter for R files, using the R package "svTools":
 
     http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/svTools/
 
@@ -5489,7 +5489,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        rstcheck
 Maintainer:  Steven Myint <git@stevenmyint.com>
 
-"rstcheck" is a checker for reStructuredText files. See the project's page at
+"rstcheck" is a linter for reStructuredText files. See the project's page at
 GitHub for details:
 
     https://github.com/myint/rstcheck
@@ -5505,7 +5505,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        sphinx
 Maintainer:  Buck Evan <buck@yelp.com>
 
-"Sphinx" is a checker for documentation files written in the Sphinx dialect
+"Sphinx" is a linter for documentation files written in the Sphinx dialect
 of reStructuredText, using the "pseudoxml" builder of "sphinx-build". See the
 project's page for details:
 
@@ -5592,7 +5592,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Ruby (filetype "ruby"):
 Name:        flog
 Maintainer:  Tim Carry <tim@pixelastic.com>
 
-"Flog" is a complexity checker for Ruby files. See the project's page for
+"Flog" is a complexity linter for Ruby files. See the project's page for
 details:
 
     http://ruby.sadi.st/Flog.html
@@ -5698,7 +5698,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        rubocop
 Maintainer:  Recai Oktaş <roktas@bil.omu.edu.tr>
 
-"RuboCop" is a style checker for Ruby. See the project's page for details:
+"RuboCop" is a style linter for Ruby. See the project's page for details:
 
     https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop
 
@@ -5834,7 +5834,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-scss-sass|.
 Name:        sass_lint
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"Sass Lint" is a checker for SASS and SCSS files. See the project's page for
+"Sass Lint" is a linter for SASS and SCSS files. See the project's page for
 details:
 
     https://github.com/sasstools/sass-lint
@@ -5854,7 +5854,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-scss-sass_lint|.
 Name:        sassc
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"SassC" is a checker for SASS and SCSS files, based on the "libsass" library
+"SassC" is a linter for SASS and SCSS files, based on the "libsass" library
 (https://github.com/hcatlin/libsass). See the project's page for details:
 
     https://github.com/hcatlin/sassc
@@ -5907,7 +5907,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        scalastyle
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"Scalastyle" is a style checker for Scala. See the project's page for
+"Scalastyle" is a style linter for Scala. See the project's page for
 details:
 
     http://www.scalastyle.org/
@@ -5953,7 +5953,7 @@ The following checkers are available for SCSS (filetype "scss"):
 Name:        mixedindentlint
 Maintainer:  Payton Swick <payton@foolord.com>
 
-"mixedindentlint" is a general-purpose indentation checker. See the project's
+"mixedindentlint" is a general-purpose indentation linter. See the project's
 page at GitHub for more information:
 
     https://github.com/sirbrillig/mixedindentlint
@@ -5993,7 +5993,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-sass-sass|.
 Name:        sass_lint
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"Sass Lint" is a checker for SASS and SCSS files. See the project's page for
+"Sass Lint" is a linter for SASS and SCSS files. See the project's page for
 details:
 
     https://github.com/sasstools/sass-lint
@@ -6014,7 +6014,7 @@ Name:        sassc
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
 
-"SassC" is a checker for SASS and SCSS files, based on the "libsass" library
+"SassC" is a linter for SASS and SCSS files, based on the "libsass" library
 (https://github.com/hcatlin/libsass). See the project's page for details:
 
     https://github.com/hcatlin/sassc
@@ -6054,7 +6054,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        stylelint
 Maintainer:  Tim Carry <tim@pixelastic.com>
 
-"stylelint" is a style checker for Cascading Stylesheets. See the project's
+"stylelint" is a style linter for Cascading Stylesheets. See the project's
 page for more information:
 
     http://stylelint.io/
@@ -6082,7 +6082,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Sh (filetype "sh"):
 Name:        bashate
 Maintainer:  aswna
 
-"Bashate" is a style checker for bash scripts used by the OpenStack
+"Bashate" is a style linter for bash scripts used by the OpenStack
 (http://www.openstack.org/). See the project's page at GitHub for details:
 
     https://github.com/openstack-dev/bashate
@@ -6156,7 +6156,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Slim (filetype "slim"):
 Name:        slim_lint
 Maintainer:  Vasily Kolesnikov <re.vkolesnikov@gmail.com>
 
-"Slim-Lint" is a style checker for Slim files (http://slim-lang.com/).  See
+"Slim-Lint" is a style linter for Slim files (http://slim-lang.com/).  See
 the project's page at GitHub for details:
 
     https://github.com/sds/slim-lint
@@ -6341,7 +6341,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Tcl (filetype "tcl"):
 Name:        nagelfar
 Maintainer:  James Pickard <james.pickard@gmail.com>
 
-"Nagelfar" is a syntax checker for Tcl. See the project's page for details:
+"Nagelfar" is a syntax linter for Tcl. See the project's page for details:
 
     http://nagelfar.sourceforge.net/
 
@@ -6365,7 +6365,7 @@ The following checkers are available for TeX (filetype "tex"):
 Name:        chktex
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"ChkTeX" is a checker for TeX and LaTeX. See the project's page for details:
+"ChkTeX" is a linter for TeX and LaTeX. See the project's page for details:
 
     http://baruch.ev-en.org/proj/chktex/
 
@@ -6396,7 +6396,7 @@ so you should probably add something like this to your vimrc: >
 Name:        lacheck
 Maintainer:  Martin Grenfell <martin.grenfell@gmail.com>
 
-"lacheck" is a style checker for LaTeX documents. See the project's page for
+"lacheck" is a style linter for LaTeX documents. See the project's page for
 details:
 
     http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/lacheck
@@ -6538,7 +6538,7 @@ See also: |syntastic-docbk-igor|, |syntastic-nroff-igor|.
 Name:        language_check
 Maintainer:  Steven Myint <git@stevenmyint.com>
 
-"language-check" is a wrapper for the LanguageTool grammar checker
+"language-check" is a wrapper for the LanguageTool grammar linter
 (https://www.languagetool.org/). See the project's page for details:
 
     https://github.com/myint/language-check
@@ -6864,18 +6864,18 @@ fatal errors in one of the included files.
 Type: string
 Default: unset
 Compilation flags (such as defines or include directories) to be passed to the
-checker.
+linter.
 
                                            *'g:syntastic_verilog_config_file'*
 Type: string
 Default: ".syntastic_verilog_config"
-File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the checker, one
+File containing additional compilation flags to be passed to the linter, one
 option per line (cf. |syntastic-config-files|).
 
                                           *'g:syntastic_verilog_include_dirs'*
 Type: array of strings
 Default: []
-Include directories to be passed to the checker, in addition to the
+Include directories to be passed to the linter, in addition to the
 above compilation flags. You can set it like this: >
     let g:syntastic_verilog_include_dirs = ["includes", "headers"]
 <
@@ -6893,7 +6893,7 @@ Note~
 This checker doesn't call the "makeprgBuild()" function, and thus it ignores
 the usual 'g:syntastic_verilog_verilator_<option>' variables. The only
 exception is 'g:syntastic_verilog_verilator_exec', which can still be used to
-override the checker's executable.
+override the linter's executable.
 
 ==============================================================================
 SYNTAX CHECKERS FOR VHDL                             *syntastic-checkers-vhdl*
@@ -7121,7 +7121,7 @@ The following checkers are available for xHTML (filetype "xhtml"):
 Name:        tidy
 Maintainer:  Martin Grenfell <martin.grenfell@gmail.com>
 
-"HTML Tidy" is a syntax checker and formatter for HTML. See the HTML Tidy
+"HTML Tidy" is a syntax linter and formatter for HTML. See the HTML Tidy
 Library Project for more information:
 
     http://tidy.sourceforge.net/
@@ -7223,7 +7223,7 @@ The following checkers are available for XML (filetype "xml"):
 Name:        plutil
 Maintainer:  LCD 47 <lcd047@gmail.com>
 
-"plutil" is a checker for OS X and iOS property list files. See the "plist(5)"
+"plutil" is a linter for OS X and iOS property list files. See the "plist(5)"
 and "plutil(1)" manual pages for details:
 
     https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/plist.5.html
@@ -7240,7 +7240,7 @@ accepts the standard options described at |syntastic-config-makeprg|.
 Name:        xmllint
 Maintainer:  Sebastian Kusnier <sebastian@kusnier.net>
 
-"xmllint" is a checker and transformer tool for XML files, distributed with
+"xmllint" is a linter and transformer tool for XML files, distributed with
 the "libxml" package (http://www.xmlsoft.org/). See the tool's manual for more
 information:
 
@@ -7315,7 +7315,7 @@ The following checkers are available for XSLT (filetype "xslt"):
 Name:        xmllint
 Maintainer:  Sebastian Kusnier <sebastian@kusnier.net>
 
-"xmllint" is a checker and transformer tool for XML files, distributed with
+"xmllint" is a linter and transformer tool for XML files, distributed with
 the "libxml" package (http://www.xmlsoft.org/). See the tool's manual for more
 information:
 
@@ -7481,7 +7481,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Z80 (filetype "z80"):
 Name:        z80syntaxchecker
 Maintainer:  Romain Giot <giot.romain@gmail.com>
 
-"Z80syntaxchecker" is a syntax checker for Z80 assembly files.
+"Z80syntaxchecker" is a syntax linter for Z80 assembly files.
 
 Installation~
 
@@ -7509,7 +7509,7 @@ The following checkers are available for Zope Page Templates (filetype "zpt"):
 Name:        zptlint
 Maintainer:  claytron <robots@claytron.com>
 
-"zptlint" is a checker for Zope Page Templates. See the project's README for
+"zptlint" is a linter for Zope Page Templates. See the project's README for
 more information:
 
     https://trac.bubblenet.be/browser/bubblenet/pythoncode/zptlint/trunk/README.txt?format=txt
diff --git a/doc/syntastic.txt b/doc/syntastic.txt
index c24f8fb4..f854ef55 100644
--- a/doc/syntastic.txt
+++ b/doc/syntastic.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ CONTENTS                                                  *syntastic-contents*
 1. Intro                                                     *syntastic-intro*
 
 Syntastic is a syntax checking plugin that runs files through external syntax
-checkers. This can be done on demand, or automatically as files are saved
+linters. This can be done on demand, or automatically as files are saved
 and opened. If syntax errors are detected, the user is notified and is happy
 because they didn't have to compile their code or execute their script to find
 them.
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ plugins and uses their output to provide the syntastic functionality.
 Take a look at the list of supported filetypes and checkers: |syntastic-checkers|.
 
 Note: This doc only deals with using syntastic. To learn how to write syntax
-checker integrations, see the guide on the GitHub wiki:
+checker integrations see the guide on the GitHub wiki:
 
     https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/wiki/Syntax-Checker-Guide
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ You can see the list of checkers available for the current filetype with the
 `:SyntasticInfo` command.
 
 You probably want to override the configured list of checkers for the
-filetypes you use, and also change the arguments passed to specific checkers
+filetypes you use, and also change the arguments passed to specific linters
 to suit your needs. See |syntastic-checker-options| below for details.
 
 Use `:SyntasticCheck` to manually check right now. Use `:Errors` to open the
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ activate/deactivate these features.
     * The |location-list| can be populated with the errors for the associated
       buffer
     * Erroneous parts of lines can be highlighted (this functionality is only
-      provided by some syntax checkers)
+      provided by some checkers)
     * Balloons (if the |+balloon_eval| feature is compiled in) can be used to
       display error messages for erroneous lines when hovering the mouse over
       them
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ update the |location-list| automatically.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2.4. Error highlighting                               *syntastic-highlighting*
 
-Some checkers provide enough information for syntastic to be able to highlight
+Some linters provide enough information for syntastic to be able to highlight
 errors. By default the SpellBad syntax highlight group is used to color errors,
 and the SpellCap group is used for warnings. If you wish to customize the
 colors for highlighting you can use the following groups:
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ There are also checker-specific variants of this option, providing finer
 control. They are named |'syntastic_<filetype>_<checker>_quiet_messages'|.
 
 For a particular checker, if both a |'syntastic_quiet_messages'| filter and
-a checker-specific filter are present, they are both applied (to the list of
-errors produced by the said checker). In case of conflicting values for the
+a checker-specific filter are present, they are both applied to the list of
+errors produced by the said checker. In case of conflicting values for the
 same keys, the values of the checker-specific filters take precedence.
 
                                                             *filter-overrides*
@@ -685,15 +685,15 @@ should be safe.
                                                      *'syntastic_exit_checks'*
 Type: boolean
 Default: 0 when running under "cmd.exe" on Windows, 1 otherwise
-Syntastic attempts to catch abnormal termination conditions from checkers by
+Syntastic attempts to catch abnormal termination conditions from linters by
 looking at their exit codes. The "cmd.exe" shell on Windows make these checks
-meaningless, by returning 1 to Vim when the checkers exit with non-zero codes.
+meaningless, by returning 1 to Vim when the linters exit with non-zero codes.
 The above variable can be used to disable exit code checks in syntastic.
 
                                                            *'syntastic_shell'*
 Type: string
 Default: Vim's 'shell'
-This is the (full path to) the shell syntastic will use to run the checkers.
+This is the (full path to) the shell syntastic will use to run the linters.
 On UNIX and Mac OS-X this shell must accept Bourne-compatible syntax for
 file "stdout" and "stderr" redirections ">file" and "2>file". Examples of
 compatible shells are "zsh", "bash", "ksh", and of course the original Bourne
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ compatible shells are "zsh", "bash", "ksh", and of course the original Bourne
 
 This shell is independent of Vim's 'shell', and it isn't used for interactive
 operations. It must take care to initialize all environment variables needed
-by the checkers you're using. Example: >
+by the linters you're using. Example: >
     let g:syntastic_shell = "/bin/sh"
 <
                                              *'syntastic_nested_autocommands'*
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ use this in an autocmd to configure specific checkers for particular paths: >
         \ let b:syntastic_checkers = ["pylint"] | endif
 <
 If neither |'g:syntastic_<filetype>_checkers'| nor |'b:syntastic_checkers'|
-is set, a default list of checker is used. Beware however that this list
+is set a default list of checkers is used. Beware however that this list is
 deliberately kept minimal, for performance reasons.
 
 You can specify checkers for other filetypes anywhere in these lists, by
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ takes precedence over both 'b:syntastic_<filetype>_<checker>_exec' and
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 5.3. Configuring specific checkers                  *syntastic-config-makeprg*
 
-Checkers are run by constructing a command line and by passing it to a shell
+Linters are run by constructing a command line and by passing it to a shell
 (see |'shell'| and |'syntastic_shell'|). In most cases this command line is
 built using an internal function named "makeprgBuild()", which provides a
 number of options that allow you to customise every part of the command that
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ empty, you can set it to an empty string, e.g.: >
                                         *'syntastic_<filetype>_<checker>_exe'*
 The 'exe' option is special. Normally it is the same as the 'exec' attribute
 described above, but you can use it to add environment variables to the
-command line, or to change the way the checker is run. For example this setup
+command line, or to change the way the linter is run. For example this setup
 allows you to run PC-Lint on Linux, under Wine emulation: >
     let  g:syntastic_c_pc_lint_exec = "wine"
     let  g:syntastic_c_pc_lint_exe = "wine c:/path/to/lint-nt.exe"
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ The syntax is of course identical to that of |syntastic_quiet_messages|.
                                                              *syntastic-debug*
 
 Syntastic can log a trace of its working to Vim's |message-history|. To verify
-the command line constructed by syntastic to run a checker, set the variable
+the command line constructed by syntastic to run a linter, set the variable
 |'syntastic_debug'| to a non-zero value, run the checker, then run `:mes` to
 display the messages, and look for "makeprg" in the output.
 
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ From a user's perspective, the useful values for |'syntastic_debug'| are 1, 3,
 and 33:
 
      1 - logs syntastic's workflow
-     3 - logs workflow, checker's output, and |location-list| manipulations
+     3 - logs workflow, linter's output, and |location-list| manipulations
     33 - logs workflow and checker-specific details (such as version checks).
 
 Debug logs can be saved to a file; see |'syntastic_debug_file'| for details.
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ composite filetypes to simple ones using |'syntastic_filetype_map'|, e.g.: >
 The standard plugin |netrw| allows Vim to transparently edit files over
 network and inside archives. Currently syntastic doesn't support this mode
 of operation. It can only check files that can be accessed directly by local
-checkers, without any translation or conversion.
+linters, without any translation or conversion.
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 6.3. The 'shellslash' option                            *syntastic-shellslash*
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ stick with |quickfix| lists: >
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 7.14. vim-virtualenv                                *syntastic-vim-virtualenv*
 
-At the time of this writing, syntastic can't run checkers installed
+At the time of this writing, syntastic can't run linters installed
 in Python virtual environments activated by "vim-virtualenv" (see
 https://github.com/jmcantrell/vim-virtualenv). This is a limitation of
 "vim-virtualenv".
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ have to set |g:ycm_show_diagnostics_ui| to 0. E.g.: >
 If you're running MacVim together with the "zsh" shell (http://www.zsh.org/)
 you need to be aware that MacVim does not source your .zshrc file, but will
 source a .zshenv file. Consequently you have to move any setup steps relevant
-to the checkers you're using from .zshrc to .zshenv, otherwise your checkers
+to the linters you're using from .zshrc to .zshenv, otherwise your linters
 will misbehave when run by syntastic. This is particularly important for
 programs such as "rvm" (https://rvm.io/) or "rbenv" (http://rbenv.org/), that
 rely on setting environment variables.
diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index 5d21e76a..60e8cd54 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     lockvar! g:_SYNTASTIC_START
 endif
 
-let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.8.0-77'
+let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.8.0-78'
 lockvar g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1