grfix

diff --git a/man2/adjtimex.2 b/man2/adjtimex.2
index 916140c9e2c502573bab87fbbaa547e63ccc4a0f..b56a31e0276e85dbeafde67e1d2e838cf7802554 100644 (file)
--- a/man2/adjtimex.2
+++ b/man2/adjtimex.2
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ struct timex {
     long esterror;       /* estimated error (usec) */
     int status;          /* clock command/status */
     long constant;       /* pll time constant */
-    long precision;      /* clock precision (usec) (read only) */
+    long precision;      /* clock precision (usec) (read-only) */
     long tolerance;      /* clock frequency tolerance (ppm)
-                            (read only) */
-    struct timeval time; /* current time (read only) */
+                            (read-only) */
+    struct timeval time; /* current time (read-only) */
     long tick;           /* usecs between clock ticks */
 };
 .fi

diff --git a/man2/ioctl_list.2 b/man2/ioctl_list.2
index 24dc476a9d7ea09e1fba8f81be71c42ecfebfa6f..6aa0db1878994a0be0b0ddcd8b72bfa380cb48d1 100644 (file)
--- a/man2/ioctl_list.2
+++ b/man2/ioctl_list.2
@@ -733,13 +733,13 @@ takes a
 .IR "struct floppy raw_cmd *" .
 If
 .I flags & FD_RAW_WRITE
-is non-zero, then
+is nonzero, then
 .I data
 points to an input buffer of length
 .IR length .
 If
 .I flags & FD_RAW_READ
-is non-zero, then
+is nonzero, then
 .I data
 points to an output buffer of length
 .IR length .

diff --git a/man5/core.5 b/man5/core.5
index 574827766329216ea7ee04674cc32d3b726067f6..fed70b7cec1b6667b98de56da5ca9a3bf366be72 100644 (file)
--- a/man5/core.5
+++ b/man5/core.5
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ core dump already exists, but there is more than one hard link to that
 file.
 .IP *
 The file system where the core dump file would be created is full;
-or has run out of inodes; or is mounted read only;
+or has run out of inodes; or is mounted read-only;
 or the user has reached their quota for the file system.
 .IP *
 The directory in which the core dump file is to be created does

diff --git a/man7/boot.7 b/man7/boot.7
index 72d6acdbddff4a546857ef25d16459f8c5cd6eeb..0245f87ea42255d05bc2c942758f5d334d5a3363 100644 (file)
--- a/man7/boot.7
+++ b/man7/boot.7
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ but can be roughly divided to the following steps:
 We will describe each of these in more detail below.
 .SS "Hardware-boot"
 After power-on or hard reset, control is given
-to a program stored on read only memory (normally
+to a program stored on read-only memory (normally
 PROM).
 In PC we usually call this program the \fBBIOS\fR.