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diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex b/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex
index 0706ef5e70..a1ee49c5d6 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/dc.tex
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ so a window can have a device context associated with it, and a printer also has
 In this way, the same piece of code may write to a number of different devices,
 if the device context is used as a parameter.
 
-Derived types of wxDC have documentation for specific features
-only, so refer to this section for most device context information.
+Notice that wxDC is an abstract base class and can't be created directly,
+please use \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc}, \helpref{wxClientDC}{wxclientdc}, 
+\helpref{wxWindowDC}{wxwindowdc}, \helpref{wxScreenDC}{wxscreendc}, 
+\helpref{wxMemoryDC}{wxmemorydc} or \helpref{wxPrinterDC}{wxprinterdc}.
 
 % VZ: we should really document them instead of this lame excuse, but I don't
 %     have time for it now, when it is done please remove this
@@ -31,20 +33,6 @@ them.
 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
 
 
-\membersection{wxDC::wxDC}\label{wxdcctor}
-
-\func{}{wxDC}{\void}
-
-Constructor.
-
-
-\membersection{wxDC::\destruct{wxDC}}\label{wxdcdtor}
-
-\func{}{\destruct{wxDC}}{\void}
-
-Destructor.
-
-
 \membersection{wxDC::BeginDrawing}\label{wxdcbegindrawing}
 
 \func{void}{BeginDrawing}{\void}
@@ -486,7 +474,7 @@ which is.
 
 \membersection{wxDC::DrawRoundedRectangle}\label{wxdcdrawroundedrectangle}
 
-\func{void}{DrawRoundedRectangle}{\param{wxCoord}{ x}, \param{wxCoord}{ y}, \param{wxCoord}{ width}, \param{wxCoord}{ height}, \param{double}{ radius = 20}}
+\func{void}{DrawRoundedRectangle}{\param{wxCoord}{ x}, \param{wxCoord}{ y}, \param{wxCoord}{ width}, \param{wxCoord}{ height}, \param{double}{ radius}}
 
 Draws a rectangle with the given top left corner, and with the given
 size.  The corners are quarter-circles using the given radius. The
@@ -659,7 +647,10 @@ rectangle are returned as a tuple.}
 
 \constfunc{const wxFont\&amp;}{GetFont}{\void}
 
-Gets the current font (see \helpref{wxDC::SetFont}{wxdcsetfont}).
+Gets the current font. Notice that even although each device context object has
+some default font after creation, this method would return a \texttt{wxNullFont} 
+initially and only after calling \helpref{wxDC::SetFont}{wxdcsetfont} a valid
+font is returned.
 
 
 \membersection{wxDC::GetLogicalFunction}\label{wxdcgetlogicalfunction}
@@ -681,12 +672,12 @@ Gets the {\it mapping mode} for the device context (see \helpref{wxDC::SetMapMod
 \constfunc{bool}{GetPartialTextExtents}{\param{const wxString\&amp;  }{text}, 
 \param{wxArrayInt\&amp; }{widths}}
 
-Fills the {\it widths} array with the widths from the begining of 
-{\it text} to the coresponding character of {\it text}.  The generic
+Fills the {\it widths} array with the widths from the beginning of 
+{\it text} to the corresponding character of {\it text}.  The generic
 version simply builds a running total of the widths of each character
 using \helpref{GetTextExtent}{wxdcgettextextent}, however if the
 various platforms have a native API function that is faster or more
-accurate than the generic implementaiton then it should be used
+accurate than the generic implementation then it should be used
 instead. 
 
 \pythonnote{This method only takes the {\it text} parameter and
@@ -704,9 +695,11 @@ Gets the current pen (see \helpref{wxDC::SetPen}{wxdcsetpen}).
 
 \func{bool}{GetPixel}{\param{wxCoord}{ x}, \param{wxCoord}{ y}, \param{wxColour *}{colour}}
 
-Sets {\it colour} to the colour at the specified location.
+Gets in {\it colour} the colour at the specified location.
 Not available for wxPostScriptDC or wxMetafileDC.
 
+Note that setting a pixel can be done using \helpref{DrawPoint}{wxdcdrawpoint}.
+
 \pythonnote{For wxPython the wxColour value is returned and is not
 required as a parameter.}
 
@@ -907,8 +900,8 @@ doesn't contain anything.
                                 \param{bool}{ yBottomUp}}
 
 Sets the x and y axis orientation (i.e., the direction from lowest to
-highest values on the axis). The default orientation is the natural
-orientation, e.g. x axis from left to right and y axis from bottom up.
+highest values on the axis). The default orientation is 
+x axis from left to right and y axis from top down.
 
 \wxheading{Parameters}
 
@@ -1154,7 +1147,7 @@ No base class
 
 \func{}{wxDCClipper}{\param{wxDC\&amp; }{dc}, \param{const wxRect\&amp;}{ rect}}
 
-Constructor: sets the the clipping region for the given device context to the
+Constructor: sets the clipping region for the given device context to the
 specified rectangle.
 
 
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