28 files changed, 55 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/games/bcd/bcd.6 b/games/bcd/bcd.6
index 863ae3a4c03d..42d12f93f4f0 100644
--- a/games/bcd/bcd.6
+++ b/games/bcd/bcd.6
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ speaker device file
 If one of these variables is set to a locale ending in
 .Ql KOI8-R ,
 characters with the high-order bit set are being interpreted as
-cyrillic characters.  In all other cases, they are being interpreted
+Cyrillic characters.  In all other cases, they are being interpreted
 as belonging to the
 .Ql ISO_8859-1
 character set.
diff --git a/games/caesar/caesar.6 b/games/caesar/caesar.6
index cadcc0fdc3dd..cf7c445848bc 100644
--- a/games/caesar/caesar.6
+++ b/games/caesar/caesar.6
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm caesar
-.Nd decrypt caesar cyphers
+.Nd decrypt caesar ciphers
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm caesar
 .Op Ar rotation
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm caesar
-utility attempts to decrypt caesar cyphers using English letter frequency
+utility attempts to decrypt caesar ciphers using English letter frequency
 statistics.
 .Nm Caesar
 reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output.
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/config_open.3 b/lib/libc/gen/config_open.3
index f51bc6cd01f8..7b7e36ca3a4e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/config_open.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/config_open.3
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\" this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return.   Poul-Henning Kamp
 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" 
-.\"  $Id$
+.\"  $Id: config_open.3,v 1.1 1994/11/13 20:47:44 phk Exp $
 .\" 
 .Dd November 13, 1994
 .Dt config_open 3
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ is '#' are comments which are discarded.
 .It
 If continuation-lines are enabled, any line starting with a 
 .Sq isspace()
-character is joined to the preceeding line and blank lines are discarded.
+character is joined to the preceding line and blank lines are discarded.
 .It
 An entry starts at the first 
 .Sq !isspace()
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3 b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
index 050398932d52..434f197e0f91 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/directory.3
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ returns the integer file descriptor associated with the named
 see
 .Xr open 2 .
 .Pp
-Sample code which searchs a directory for entry ``name'' is:
+Sample code which searches a directory for entry ``name'' is:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 len = strlen(name);
 dirp = opendir(".");
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getnetgrent.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getnetgrent.3
index 1e38538d1c24..de2523e5ed88 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getnetgrent.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getnetgrent.3
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ string has within BSD.
 .Sh BUGS
 The function
 .Fn getnetgrent
-returns pointers to dynamically allocated data areas that are free'd when
+returns pointers to dynamically allocated data areas that are freed when
 the function
 .Fn endnetgrent
 is called.
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3 b/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3
index 9fadeb29926b..356f2f30262f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/rand48.3
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ particular formula employed is
 r(n+1) = (a * r(n) + c) mod m
 where the default values are
 for the multiplicand a = 0xfdeece66d = 25214903917 and
-the addend c = 0xb = 11. The modul is always fixed at m = 2 ** 48.
+the addend c = 0xb = 11. The modulo is always fixed at m = 2 ** 48.
 r(n) is called the seed of the random number generator.
 .Pp
 For all the six generator routines described next, the first
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3 b/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3
index 641ed7f75b37..ba0f9cc58206 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/rcmd.3
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ in the local user's home directory is checked to see if the request for
 service is allowed.
 .Pp
 If this file does not exist, is not a regular file, is owned by anyone
-other than the user or the super-user, or is writeable by anyone other
+other than the user or the super-user, or is writable by anyone other
 than the owner, the check automatically fails.
 Zero is returned if the machine name is listed in the
 .Dq Pa hosts.equiv
diff --git a/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 b/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3
index f581baf03dad..109829f0ddf3 100644
--- a/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3
+++ b/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: catopen.3,v 1.1 1995/03/30 12:47:24 jkh Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1994 Winning Strategies, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ is set to indicate the error.
 .Sh ERRORS
 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .It Bq Er ENOMEM
-Insufficient memory is availiable.
+Insufficient memory is available.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr catclose 3 ,
diff --git a/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.3 b/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.3
index 74501c340b45..b4d98d9d726f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.3
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ A return value of zero means that the mapping does not exist
 or that
 the
 .SM RPC
-system failured to contact the remote
+system failed to contact the remote
 .B portmap
 service.  In the latter case, the global variable
 .B rpc_createerr(\|)
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ This routine returns
 .SM NULL
 if it fails.
 .IP
-This allows the user to specify the maximun packet size for sending and 
+This allows the user to specify the maximum packet size for sending and 
 receiving
 .SM UDP\s0-based
 .SM RPC messages.
diff --git a/lib/libc/rpc/rstat.1 b/lib/libc/rpc/rstat.1
index 61d9999116f8..52eaa31c924e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/rpc/rstat.1
+++ b/lib/libc/rpc/rstat.1
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ rstat: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
 .IP
 The remote host is not running the portmapper (see
 .BR portmap(8c) ),
-and cannot accomodate any RPC-based services.  The host may be down.
+and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services.  The host may be down.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR portmap (8c),
 .BR rstat_svc (8c)
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/stdio.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/stdio.3
index 572df8c44f88..09d7e36a4e50 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/stdio.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/stdio.3
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The standard
 library provides a simple and efficient buffered stream
 .Tn I/O
 interface.
-Input and ouput is mapped into logical data streams
+Input and output is mapped into logical data streams
 and the physical
 .Tn I/O
 characteristics are concealed. The functions and macros are listed
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ The position indicator is maintained by subsequent reads, writes
 and positioning requests. All input occurs as if the characters
 were read by successive calls to the
 .Xr fgetc 3
-function; all ouput takes place as if all characters were
+function; all output takes place as if all characters were
 read by successive calls to the
 .Xr fputc 3
 function.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function.
 A file is disassociated from a stream by
 .Em closing
 the file.
-Ouput streams are flushed (any unwritten buffer contents are transferred
+Output streams are flushed (any unwritten buffer contents are transferred
 to the host environment) before the stream is disassociated from the file.
 The value of a pointer to a
 .Dv FILE
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
index 95ff6e6875c4..4d51bac04d74 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ returns an
 .Dv EOF
 when the argument list is exhausted, or a non-recognized
 option is encountered.
-The interpretation of options in the argument list may be cancelled
+The interpretation of options in the argument list may be canceled
 by the option
 .Ql --
 (double dash) which causes
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index 94a3fd6b90ef..9393b76aafe4 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ and scan it for flags.
 Flags are single letters, uppercase means on, lowercase means off.
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It A
-``abort'' malloc will coredump the process, rather that tollerate failure.
+``abort'' malloc will coredump the process, rather than tolerate failure.
 This is a very handy debugging aid, since the core file will represent the
 time of failure,
 rather than when the NULL pointer was accessed.
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ This can substantially aid in compacting memory.
 
 .It Z
 ``zero'' fill some junk into the area allocated (see ``J''),
-except for the exact length the user asked for, which is zerod.
+except for the exact length the user asked for, which is zeroed.
 
 .El
 .Pp
 The ``J'' and ``Z'' is mostly for testing and debugging,
-if a program changes behaviour if either of these options are used,
+if a program changes behavior if either of these options are used,
 it is buggy.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ attached to a 20bit binary challenged computer built with discrete germanium
 transistors, and it has since graduated to handle primary storage rather than
 secondary.
 .Pp
-The main difference from other malloc implementations are belived to be that
+The main difference from other malloc implementations are believed to be that
 the free pages are not accessed until allocated.
 Most malloc implementations will store a data structure containing a, 
 possibly double-, linked list in the free chunks of memory, used to tie
@@ -188,4 +188,4 @@ likely paged out, pages get faulted into primary memory, just to see what
 lies after them in the list.
 .Pp
 On systems which are paging, this can make a factor five in difference on the
-pagefaults of a process.
+page-faults of a process.
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3 b/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3
index 180434f79be5..08f48add48bc 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ lexicographically compares the null-terminated strings
 .Fa s1
 and
 .Fa s2
-according to the current locale collation if any, otherwith call
+according to the current locale collation if any, otherwise call
 .Fa strcmp ,
 and returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
 according as
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strxfrm.3 b/lib/libc/string/strxfrm.3
index 560267183f9e..308f942fad53 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/strxfrm.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/strxfrm.3
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn strxfrm
-function transform null-terminating string pointed by
+function transforms a null-terminated string pointed to by
 .Fa src
 according to the current locale collation if any,
-then copied not more than
+then copies not more than
 .Fa n-1
-characters of the result string into
+characters of the resulting string into
 .Fa dst ,
-ending it whith null character and return result length.
+terminating it with a null character and then returns the resulting length.
 Comparing two strings using
 .Fn strcmp
 after
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ is equal to comparing
 two original strings with
 .Fn strcoll .
 .Sh BUGS
-Sometimes biheviour of this function is unpredicatable.
+Sometimes the behavior of this function is unpredictable.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr setlocale 3 ,
 .Xr strcmp 3 ,
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2
index eb752fe2fe96..304295862069 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.2
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ syscall is assembled to
 .Fn _thread_sys_fcntl
 and
 .Fn fcntl
-is implemented as a function which disables thread resheduling, locks
+is implemented as a function which disables thread rescheduling, locks
 .Va fd
 for read and write, then calls
 .Fn _thread_sys_fcntl .
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ Before returning,
 .Fn fcntl
 unlocks
 .Va fd
-and enables thread resheduling.
+and enables thread rescheduling.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Upon successful completion, the value returned depends on
 .Fa cmd
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getpgrp.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getpgrp.2
index 88812b71310a..b98f499997d2 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getpgrp.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getpgrp.2
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The
 .Fn getpgrp
 function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988
 .Pq Dq Tn POSIX .
-.Sh COMPATABILITY
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
 This version of
 .Fn getpgrp
 differs from past Berkeley versions by not taking a
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2 b/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2
index b2556a6dad77..b05eeb26c09c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/pipe.2
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Pipes are really a special case of the
 call and, in fact, are implemented as such in the system.
 .Pp
 The bidirectional nature of this implementation of pipes is not
-portable to older systems, so it is reccomended to use the convention
+portable to older systems, so it is recommended to use the convention
 for using the endpoints in the traditional manner when using a
 pipe in one direction.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/semctl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/semctl.2
index fe60ce048443..6519f12da178 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/semctl.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/semctl.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: semctl.2,v 1.1 1995/10/03 19:17:17 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd September 12, 1995
 .Dt SEMCTL 2
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ or
 or it must have superuser privileges.
 .It IPC_RMID
 Immediately removes the semaphore set from the system.  The calling
-process's effictive uid must equal the semaphore set's
+process's effective uid must equal the semaphore set's
 .Fa sem_perm.uid
 or
 .Fa sem_perm.cuid ,
-or the process must have superuser priviliges.
+or the process must have superuser privileges.
 .It Dv GETVAL
 Return the value of semaphore number
 .Fa semnum .
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/semop.2 b/lib/libc/sys/semop.2
index 74fa01bc7f03..70e643a7c5b4 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/semop.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/semop.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: semop.2,v 1.1 1995/10/03 19:17:19 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd September 22, 1995
 .Dt SEMOP 2
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ value, one of the following happens:
 .\" XXX a *second* sublist?
 .Bl -bullet
 .It
-If IPC_NOWAIT was specifed, then
+If IPC_NOWAIT was specified, then
 .Fn semop
 returns immediately with a return value of EAGAIN.
 .It
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/shmat.2 b/lib/libc/sys/shmat.2
index 587eebc6cb1d..52fc9a266d0b 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/shmat.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/shmat.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: shmat.2,v 1.1 1995/10/03 19:17:20 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd August 2, 1995
 .Dt SHMAT 2
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 .Fn "shmdt" "void *addr"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Fn Shmat
-attaches the shared memory segment identifed by
+attaches the shared memory segment identified by
 .Fa shmid
 to the calling process's address space.  The address where the segment
 is attached is determined as follows:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ kernel.
 .It
 If 
 .Fa addr
-is nonzero and SHM_RND is not specifed in
+is nonzero and SHM_RND is not specified in
 .Fa flag ,
 the segment is attached the specified address.
 .It
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/shmctl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/shmctl.2
index b1c5a4bdf6b2..59036f20dc6a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/shmctl.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/shmctl.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: shmctl.2,v 1.1 1995/10/03 19:17:21 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd July 17, 1995
 .Dt SHMCTL 2
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ to succeed, the calling process's effective uid must match
 .Fa shm_perm.uid
 or
 .Fa shm_perm.cuid ,
-or the process must have superuser privilges.
+or the process must have superuser privileges.
 .\" .It Dv SHM_LOCK
 .\" Locks the segment in memory.  The calling process must have
 .\" superuser privileges. Not implemented in FreeBSD.
 .\" .It Dv SHM_UNLOCK
 .\" Unlocks the segment from memory.  The calling process must
-.\" have superuser priviliges.  Not implemented in FreeBSD.
+.\" have superuser privileges.  Not implemented in FreeBSD.
 .El
 .Pp
 The
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/shmget.2 b/lib/libc/sys/shmget.2
index 3df3272131cd..1734f03d2baf 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/shmget.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/shmget.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: shmget.2,v 1.1 1995/10/03 19:17:21 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd July 3, 1995
 .Dt SHMGET 2
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ will fail if:
 .\"
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 Size specified is greater than the size of the previously existing segment.
-Size specified is less than the system imposed minumum, or greater than
+Size specified is less than the system imposed minimum, or greater than
 the system imposed maximum.
 .It Bq Er ENOENT
 No shared memory segment was found matching
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/stat.2 b/lib/libc/sys/stat.2
index 8f7862166541..27bc183ddeb0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/stat.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/stat.2
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ depend on the time stamps being contiguous (in calls to
 Applying
 .Xr fstat
 to a socket (and thus to a pipe)
-returns a zero'd buffer,
+returns a zeroed buffer,
 except for the blocksize field,
 and a unique device and inode number.
 .Sh STANDARDS
diff --git a/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8 b/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
index 20bf4d5d026f..7f3103476dbf 100644
--- a/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
+++ b/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 .Op options
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm Comcontrol
-is used to examine and modify some of the special characterstics
+is used to examine and modify some of the special characteristics
 of the specified sio device.
 If no arguments other than the device are specified,
 it prints the settings of all controllable characteristics.
diff --git a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
index 4b592025a784..36780e787f7c 100644
--- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
+++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\".Os BSD 4
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm fdisk
-.Nd DOS partition maintainance program
+.Nd DOS partition maintenance program
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl i
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ When you are done with a partition,
 .Nm
 will display it and ask if it is correct.
 .Nm
-will then procede to the next entry.
+will then proceed to the next entry.
 .Pp
 Getting the
 .Em cyl, sector,
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ The automatic calculation of starting cylinder etc. uses
 a set of figures that represent what the BIOS thinks is the
 geometry of the drive.
 These figures are by default taken from the incore disklabel,
-but the program initially gives you an oportunity to change them.
+but the program initially gives you an opportunity to change them.
 This allows the user to create a bootblock that can work with drives
 that use geometry translation under the BIOS.
 .Pp
diff --git a/sbin/i386/comcontrol/comcontrol.8 b/sbin/i386/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
index 20bf4d5d026f..7f3103476dbf 100644
--- a/sbin/i386/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
+++ b/sbin/i386/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 .Op options
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm Comcontrol
-is used to examine and modify some of the special characterstics
+is used to examine and modify some of the special characteristics
 of the specified sio device.
 If no arguments other than the device are specified,
 it prints the settings of all controllable characteristics.
diff --git a/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8
index 4b592025a784..36780e787f7c 100644
--- a/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8
+++ b/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\".Os BSD 4
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm fdisk
-.Nd DOS partition maintainance program
+.Nd DOS partition maintenance program
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl i
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ When you are done with a partition,
 .Nm
 will display it and ask if it is correct.
 .Nm
-will then procede to the next entry.
+will then proceed to the next entry.
 .Pp
 Getting the
 .Em cyl, sector,
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ The automatic calculation of starting cylinder etc. uses
 a set of figures that represent what the BIOS thinks is the
 geometry of the drive.
 These figures are by default taken from the incore disklabel,
-but the program initially gives you an oportunity to change them.
+but the program initially gives you an opportunity to change them.
 This allows the user to create a bootblock that can work with drives
 that use geometry translation under the BIOS.
 .Pp