english(4) police.

11 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1 b/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
index 0fc84c4a6343..09680ff21ea1 100644
--- a/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
+++ b/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
@@ -129,6 +129,6 @@ command to set the arguments without disrupting the value(s) of
 shell options varies from one shell version to another.
 .Pp
 Each shellscript has to carry complex code to parse arguments halfway
-correcty (like the example presented here). A better getopt-like tool
+correctly (like the example presented here). A better getopt-like tool
 would move much of the complexity into the tool and keep the client
 shell scripts simpler.
diff --git a/usr.bin/lex/lex.1 b/usr.bin/lex/lex.1
index 4475e202b338..a67099aeaf1f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/lex/lex.1
+++ b/usr.bin/lex/lex.1
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ and not in
 while in the first example it's active in both, because in the first
 example the
 .B example
-startion condition is an
+start condition is an
 .I inclusive
 .B (%s)
 start condition.
diff --git a/usr.bin/m4/m4.1 b/usr.bin/m4/m4.1
index 3307b873defc..8250960cde59 100644
--- a/usr.bin/m4/m4.1
+++ b/usr.bin/m4/m4.1
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ The output format of tracing and of
 .Ic dumpdef
 are not specified in any standard,
 are likely to change and should not be relied upon.
-The current format of tracing is closely modelled on GNU-m4,
+The current format of tracing is closely modeled on GNU-m4,
 to allow
 .Nm autoconf
 to work.
diff --git a/usr.bin/mkdep/mkdep.1 b/usr.bin/mkdep/mkdep.1
index d96d2670b6c9..2364d4cd0110 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkdep/mkdep.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mkdep/mkdep.1
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ options consistent with the GNU C compiler.
 .It Ev MKDEP_CPP
 Specifies the preprocessor to use.  The default is "${CC} -E".
 .It Ev MKDEP_CPP_OPTS
-Specifie the non-CFLAGS options for the preprocessor.  The default is
+Specifies the non-CFLAGS options for the preprocessor.  The default is
 "-M".
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
diff --git a/usr.bin/mklocale/mklocale.1 b/usr.bin/mklocale/mklocale.1
index 7db31cca37e8..d5126ed24f97 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mklocale/mklocale.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mklocale/mklocale.1
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ to place comments in the file.
 Following options are available:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Fl d
-Turns on debuging messages.
+Turns on debugging messages.
 .It Fl o
 Specify output file.
 .El
diff --git a/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 b/usr.bin/nice/nice.1
index ce80df70e345..b55a9fc938ec 100644
--- a/usr.bin/nice/nice.1
+++ b/usr.bin/nice/nice.1
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ or a default value of 10.
 The lower the nice value of a process, the higher its scheduling priority.
 .Pp
 The superuser may specify a negative increment in order to run a utility
-with a higher scheduling prority.
+with a higher scheduling priority.
 .Pp
 Some shells may provide a builtin
 .Nm
diff --git a/usr.bin/systat/systat.1 b/usr.bin/systat/systat.1
index 58c3fe09bafc..b45adc34f591 100644
--- a/usr.bin/systat/systat.1
+++ b/usr.bin/systat/systat.1
@@ -466,12 +466,12 @@ Display a list of available devices.
 .Ar type , Ns Ar if , Ns Ar pass
 .Op | Ar ...
 .Xc
-Display devivces matching the given pattern.  The basic matching
+Display devices matching the given pattern.  The basic matching
 expressions are the same as those used in
 .Xr iostat 8
 with one difference.  Instead of specifying multiple
 .Fl t
-arguments which are then ORed together, the user instead specifys multiple
+arguments which are then ORed together, the user instead specifies multiple
 matching expressions joined by the pipe
 .Pq Ql \&|
 character.
diff --git a/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1 b/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1
index bd74e6bb42f6..c88dcd051992 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1
+++ b/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ command appeared in
 .Sh BUGS
 .Bl -item
 .It
-Writting an image of a tape to a file does not preserve much more than
+Writing an image of a tape to a file does not preserve much more than
 the raw data.
 Block size(s) and tape EOF marks are lost which would
 otherwise be preserved in a tape-to-tape copy.
diff --git a/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1 b/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1
index ad036a3ead91..3f2aebd2c8c4 100644
--- a/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1
+++ b/usr.bin/telnet/telnet.1
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ The host specification may be either a host name (see
 .Xr hosts  5  ) ,
 an Internet address specified in the \*(Lqdot notation\*(Rq (see
 .Xr inet 3 ) ,
-or IPv6 host name or IPv6 coloned-hexadecimal addreess.
+or IPv6 host name or IPv6 coloned-hexadecimal address.
 The
 .Fl l
 option may be used to specify the user name
diff --git a/usr.bin/time/time.1 b/usr.bin/time/time.1
index 45d58955685b..02e3eaf62f23 100644
--- a/usr.bin/time/time.1
+++ b/usr.bin/time/time.1
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ it.
 Otherwise, this option has no effect.
 .It Fl h
 Print times in a human friendly format.  Times are printed in minutes, hours,
-etc. as appropiate.
+etc. as appropriate.
 .It Fl l
 The contents of the
 .Em rusage
diff --git a/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1 b/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1
index c68dfb646ae0..5ad816fda82e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1
+++ b/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ as a logical EOF marker.
 .It Fl I Ar replstr
 Execute
 .Ar utility
-for each input line, replacing one or more occurences of
+for each input line, replacing one or more occurrences of
 .Ar replstr
 in up to
 .Ar replacements