diff --git a/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 b/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1
index c215377517f6..7964e75d4517 100644
--- a/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1
+++ b/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ utility checks the current directory for a file named
 .Pa calendar
 and displays lines that begin with either today's date
 or tomorrow's.
-On Fridays, events on Friday through Monday are displayed.
+On the day before a weekend (normally Friday), events for the next
+three days are displayed.
 .Pp
 The following options are available:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
diff --git a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
index f0c30d0a2122..0279ec7e1e16 100644
--- a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
+++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
@@ -61,15 +61,22 @@ utility selects portions of each line (as specified by
 .Ar list  )
 from each
 .Ar file
-(or the standard input by default), and writes them to the
-standard output.
+and writes them to the standard output.
+If no
+.Ar file
+arguments are specified, or a file argument is a single dash
+.Pq Sq Fl ,
+.Nm
+reads from from the standard input.
 The items specified by
 .Ar list
 can be in terms of column position or in terms of fields delimited
 by a special character.
 Column numbering starts from 1.
 .Pp
+The
 .Ar list
+option argument
 is a comma or whitespace separated set of increasing numbers and/or
 number ranges.
 Number ranges consist of a number, a dash