Fix a bunch of spelling errors.

14 files changed, 32 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index cb97093f2879..a3d7672d9ba6 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Specifies the
 .Ar address family
 which affects interpretation of the remaining parameters.
 Since an interface can receive transmissions in differing protocols
-with different naming schemes, specifying the address family is recommeded.
+with different naming schemes, specifying the address family is recommended.
 The address or protocol families currently
 supported are
 .Dq inet ,
diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
index c78c07e65689..b1918246efd4 100644
--- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
+++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ to
 .Dq src ) .
 .El
 .Pp
-Each keyword will be recognized by the shortest unambigious prefix.
+Each keyword will be recognized by the shortest unambiguous prefix.
 .Pp
-Recognised
+Recognized
 .Em protocols
 are:
 .Bl -hang -offset flag -width 123456
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ command can be given
 .Pp
 .Dl a[ccept] | d[eny]
 .Pp
-to set default policy as denial/acceptance. Without an angument, the
+to set default policy as denial/acceptance. Without an argument, the
 current policy status is displayed.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 This command adds an entry which denies all tcp packets from
diff --git a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
index 8ee10f318250..6e9f5c183965 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Use a reserved socket port number.
 This is useful for mounting servers that require clients to use a
 reserved port number on the mistaken belief that this makes NFS
 more secure. (For the rare case where the client has a trusted root account
-but untrusworthy users and the network cables are in secure areas this does
+but untrustworthy users and the network cables are in secure areas this does
 help, but for normal desktop clients this does not apply.)
 .It Fl R
 Set the retry count for doing the mount to the specified value.
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ This protocol Version 2, referred to as Not Quite Nfs (NQNFS),
 is only supported by this updated release of NFS code.
 (It is not backwards compatible with the release of NQNFS that went out on
 4.4BSD-Lite. To interoperate with a 4.4BSD-Lite NFS system you will have to
-avoid this option until you have had an oppurtunity to upgrade the NFS code
+avoid this option until you have had an opportunity to upgrade the NFS code
 on all your 4.4BSD-Lite based systems.)
 .It Fl r
 Set the read data size to the specified value.
diff --git a/sbin/mount_null/mount_null.8 b/sbin/mount_null/mount_null.8
index b044bd2c2426..aee984fbb3e9 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_null/mount_null.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_null/mount_null.8
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ on the bypass routine, though which nearly all vnode operations
 pass.
 .Pp
 The bypass routine accepts arbitrary vnode operations for
-handling by the lower layer.  It begins by examing vnode
+handling by the lower layer.  It begins by examining vnode
 operation arguments and replacing any null-nodes by their
 lower-layer equivalents.  It then invokes the operation
 on the lower layer.  Finally, it replaces the null-nodes
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ process when constructing other vnode stacks.
 .Sh CREATING OTHER FILE SYSTEM LAYERS
 One of the easiest ways to construct new file system layers is to make
 a copy of the null layer, rename all files and variables, and
-then begin modifyng the copy.  Sed can be used to easily rename
+then begin modifying the copy.  Sed can be used to easily rename
 all variables.
 .Pp
 The umap layer is an example of a layer descended from the 
diff --git a/sbin/mount_nullfs/mount_nullfs.8 b/sbin/mount_nullfs/mount_nullfs.8
index b044bd2c2426..aee984fbb3e9 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_nullfs/mount_nullfs.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_nullfs/mount_nullfs.8
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ on the bypass routine, though which nearly all vnode operations
 pass.
 .Pp
 The bypass routine accepts arbitrary vnode operations for
-handling by the lower layer.  It begins by examing vnode
+handling by the lower layer.  It begins by examining vnode
 operation arguments and replacing any null-nodes by their
 lower-layer equivalents.  It then invokes the operation
 on the lower layer.  Finally, it replaces the null-nodes
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ process when constructing other vnode stacks.
 .Sh CREATING OTHER FILE SYSTEM LAYERS
 One of the easiest ways to construct new file system layers is to make
 a copy of the null layer, rename all files and variables, and
-then begin modifyng the copy.  Sed can be used to easily rename
+then begin modifying the copy.  Sed can be used to easily rename
 all variables.
 .Pp
 The umap layer is an example of a layer descended from the 
diff --git a/sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 b/sbin/mountd/netgroup.5
index 711e04f8295b..af7d448c427b 100644
--- a/sbin/mountd/netgroup.5
+++ b/sbin/mountd/netgroup.5
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ lookups are concerned since
 .Nm netgroup
 memberships are computed on the fly. By contrast, the NIS
 .Nm netgroup
-database consists of three seperate maps (netgroup, netgroup.byuser
+database consists of three separate maps (netgroup, netgroup.byuser
 and netgroup.byhost) that are keyed to allow
 .Fn innetgr 3
 lookups to be done quickly. The FreeBSD
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ exists and contains only local
 .Nm netgroup
 information (with no NIS '+' token), then only the local
 .Nm netgroup
-information will be processed (and NIS will be ingored).
+information will be processed (and NIS will be ignored).
 .It
 If
 .Pa /etc/netgroup
diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
index 062a1c3c5f9c..8554a83f6808 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ See
 for more details on how to set this option.
 .It Fl n Ar number of distinguished rotational positions
 Determines how many rotational time slots there are in one revolution of
-the disk.  Defaults to 1, which escentially disables the rotational position table.
+the disk.  Defaults to 1, which essentially disables the rotational position table.
 .It Fl o Ar optimization\ preference
 .Pq ``space'' or ``time''
 The file system can either be instructed to try to minimize the time spent
diff --git a/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 b/sbin/nologin/nologin.5
index 94db16a77bc6..75def25d5608 100644
--- a/sbin/nologin/nologin.5
+++ b/sbin/nologin/nologin.5
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm Nologin
-disallow logins if the file /etc/nologin exists. 
-Programs dislay the contents of /etc/nologin to the user and exits.
+disallows logins if the file /etc/nologin exists. 
+Programs display the contents of /etc/nologin to the user and exit.
 
 .Sh SECURITY
 Ignored by login(1) for user root.
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
index 9acb0b08c6b8..0e89b945159e 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)boot_i386.8	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: boot_i386.8,v 1.3 1995/10/07 12:05:00 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 19, 1994
 .Dt BOOT 8 i386
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Boot flags:
 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width "-CXX" -compact
 .It Fl a
 ask for the device to install as root file system during kernel
-initialisation
+initialization
 .It Fl b
 do not automatically reboot after shutdown or crash
 .It Fl c
diff --git a/sbin/scsiformat/scsiformat.8 b/sbin/scsiformat/scsiformat.8
index 9f1a282851bd..fac307a39730 100644
--- a/sbin/scsiformat/scsiformat.8
+++ b/sbin/scsiformat/scsiformat.8
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ shows which parameters are variable.
 Do actually format; by default, only the disk parameters will be
 displayed.
 .It Fl q
-Quiet; supress the mode page output.  Only the inquiry string will be
-printed, so the operator can ensure he's going to format the intented
+Quiet; suppress the mode page output.  Only the inquiry string will be
+printed, so the operator can ensure he's going to format the intended
 drive.
 .El
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
diff --git a/sbin/slattach/slattach.8 b/sbin/slattach/slattach.8
index 0e5c4c501545..abccc1b59201 100644
--- a/sbin/slattach/slattach.8
+++ b/sbin/slattach/slattach.8
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)slattach.8	6.4 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
 .\"
-.\"	$Header: /home/ncvs/src/sbin/slattach/slattach.8,v 1.7 1995/09/20 04:53:06 ache Exp $
+.\"	$Header: /home/ncvs/src/sbin/slattach/slattach.8,v 1.8 1995/10/26 05:13:54 nate Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 4, 1993
 .Dt SLATTACH 8
@@ -87,16 +87,16 @@ control is done.
 .It Fl l
 disable modem control (CLOCAL) and ignore carrier detect on the slip
 port.  By default the
-.Ar redial-commmand
+.Ar redial-command
 is invoked upon carrier drop and
 .Nm slattach
 aborts if no
-.Ar redial-commmand
+.Ar redial-command
 is specified.
 .It Fl n
 Throw away ICMP packets.  The slip interface will ignore ICMP packets
 to prevent slow lines being saturated by ICMP responses.
-.It Fl r Ar redial-commmand
+.It Fl r Ar redial-command
 Specifies a command to be invoked within a shell
 .Ql sh \-c Ar redial-command
 whenever carrier is lost on the line.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ and
 .Ar <current>
 are the slip unit numbers when the line was
 last opened and the unit number of the current slip connection
-respecitvely.  The unit number can change after redialing if you are
+respectively.  The unit number can change after redialing if you are
 using more than one slip line.
 .Nm Slattach
 will abort if the unit number
diff --git a/sbin/startslip/startslip.1 b/sbin/startslip/startslip.1
index 2a0c36856b22..8ca28dea808c 100644
--- a/sbin/startslip/startslip.1
+++ b/sbin/startslip/startslip.1
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ passed via
 .Dv LINE
 environment variable.
 .It Fl K Ar keepalive
-Set SLIP "keep alive" timeout in seconds. If FRAME_END not received in this
-timeout, reconnect occurse. Active "out fill" timeout expected from other
+Set SLIP "keep alive" timeout in seconds. If FRAME_END not received during this
+time period, a reconnect will occur. Active "out fill" timeout expected from other
 side.
 Default value is no timeout.
 .It Fl O Ar outfill
-Set SLIP "out fill" timeout in seconds. It cause at least one FRAME_END
-will be sended during this timeout.
+Set SLIP "out fill" timeout in seconds. It causes at least one FRAME_END
+to be sent during this timeout.
 Needed for "keep alive" timeout on other side.
 Default value is no timeout.
 .It Fl S Ar unit
diff --git a/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5 b/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5
index 711e04f8295b..af7d448c427b 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/mountd/netgroup.5
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ lookups are concerned since
 .Nm netgroup
 memberships are computed on the fly. By contrast, the NIS
 .Nm netgroup
-database consists of three seperate maps (netgroup, netgroup.byuser
+database consists of three separate maps (netgroup, netgroup.byuser
 and netgroup.byhost) that are keyed to allow
 .Fn innetgr 3
 lookups to be done quickly. The FreeBSD
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ exists and contains only local
 .Nm netgroup
 information (with no NIS '+' token), then only the local
 .Nm netgroup
-information will be processed (and NIS will be ingored).
+information will be processed (and NIS will be ignored).
 .It
 If
 .Pa /etc/netgroup
diff --git a/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.5 b/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.5
index 94db16a77bc6..75def25d5608 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.5
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm Nologin
-disallow logins if the file /etc/nologin exists. 
-Programs dislay the contents of /etc/nologin to the user and exits.
+disallows logins if the file /etc/nologin exists. 
+Programs display the contents of /etc/nologin to the user and exit.
 
 .Sh SECURITY
 Ignored by login(1) for user root.