diff --git a/share/man/man7/clocks.7 b/share/man/man7/clocks.7
index 1e1c6353a92a..af4bdd2dc7ed 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/clocks.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/clocks.7
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ is not 1000000 then the application is probably using the wrong clock.
 .Xr times 3
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An -nosplit
-This man page has been written by
+This manual page was written by
 .An J\(:org Wunsch
 after a description posted by
 .An Bruce Evans .
diff --git a/share/man/man7/sdoc.7 b/share/man/man7/sdoc.7
index bbbc84b22f23..51f92825cdef 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/sdoc.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/sdoc.7
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ For the sake of brevity, assume the reader is familiar with
 all of the concepts in
 the FSA.
 When referencing potential vulnerabilities
-described in the Secure Programming Practices man page,
+described in the Secure Programming Practices manual page,
 .Xr sprog 7 ,
 likewise cross-reference that document
 rather than replicating information.
diff --git a/share/man/man7/tuning.7 b/share/man/man7/tuning.7
index b697e0fc0ab9..86c08f4079e6 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/tuning.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/tuning.7
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ on by setting the
 loader tunable to 1.
 More information on tuning the ATA driver system may be found in the
 .Xr ata 4
-man page.
+manual page.
 If you need performance, go with SCSI.
 .Sh CPU, MEMORY, DISK, NETWORK
 The type of tuning you do depends heavily on where your system begins to
diff --git a/share/man/man8/crash.8 b/share/man/man8/crash.8
index 735b3df49db3..94a0ecce0eae 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/crash.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/crash.8
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ the
 .Xr reboot 8 ,
 .Xr savecore 8
 .Sh HISTORY
-A
+The
 .Nm
-man page first appeared in
+manual page first appeared in
 .Fx 2.2 .