diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
index 32c5b1d61a26..b22adbbe72e7 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)ls.1	8.7 (Berkeley) 7/29/94
-.\"	$Id: ls.1,v 1.14 1997/04/29 10:03:05 dfr Exp $
+.\"	$Id: ls.1,v 1.15 1997/09/18 06:55:21 charnier Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd July 29, 1994
 .Dt LS 1
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ and setgroup-ID mode is set.
 The file is executable or the directory is
 searchable.
 .It Sy \-
-The file is neither readable, writeable, executable,
+The file is neither readable, writable, executable,
 nor set-user-ID nor set-group-ID mode, nor sticky. (See below.)
 .El
 .Pp
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ldd/ldd.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ldd/ldd.1
index 6ca8b2874a11..4eeb5a78b532 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ldd/ldd.1
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ldd/ldd.1
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ and allows customization of
 .Nm ldd Ns 's
 output. See
 .Xr rtld 1
-for a list of recognised conversion characters.
+for a list of recognized conversion characters.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fl v
diff --git a/share/man/man3/pthread.3 b/share/man/man3/pthread.3
index 7341c333f66c..674725f208de 100644
--- a/share/man/man3/pthread.3
+++ b/share/man/man3/pthread.3
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id: pthread.3,v 1.2 1997/03/07 03:27:53 jmg Exp $
+.\"	$Id: pthread.3,v 1.3 1997/11/05 03:54:11 steve Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 4, 1996
 .Dt PTHREAD 3
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Initialize a mutex attributes object with default values.
 .It int Fn pthread_mutex_destroy "pthread_mutex_t *mutex"
 Destroy a mutex.
 .It int Fn pthread_mutex_init "pthread_mutex_t *mutex" "const pthread_mutexattr_t *attr"
-Initialise a mutex with specified attributes.
+Initialize a mutex with specified attributes.
 .It int Fn pthread_mutex_lock "pthread_mutex_t *mutex"
 Lock a mutex and block until it becomes available.
 .It int Fn pthread_mutex_trylock "pthread_mutex_t *mutex"
diff --git a/share/man/man4/od.4 b/share/man/man4/od.4
index 4c3796cb0433..8a5afbe26236 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/od.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/od.4
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id: od.4,v 1.1 1997/04/01 19:52:37 mpp Exp $
+.\"	$Id: od.4,v 1.2 1997/09/29 10:10:16 wosch Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 16, 1997
 .Dt OD 4
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ interface to the SCSI bad-block mapping.
 .It Dv DIOCGDINFO
 Read the in-core copy of the disklabel for the
 drive from the kernel. This may be a fictitious disklabel if the drive 
-has never been initialised, in which case it will contain information read
+has never been initialized, in which case it will contain information read
 from the SCSI inquiry commands, and should be the same as
 the information printed at boot.
 .It Dv DIOCSDINFO
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VFS_INIT.9 b/share/man/man9/VFS_INIT.9
index 7a778651dc2f..cda8789ba099 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VFS_INIT.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VFS_INIT.9
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
 .\" (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: VFS_INIT.9,v 1.2 1997/04/13 14:48:48 bde Exp $
+.\" $Id: VFS_INIT.9,v 1.3 1997/09/29 10:10:43 wosch Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd July 24, 1996
 .Os
 .Dt VFS_INIT 9
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm VFS_INIT
-.Nd initialise a filesystem
+.Nd initialize a filesystem
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Fd #include <sys/param.h>
 .Fd #include <sys/mount.h>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 .Ft int
 .Fn VFS_INIT
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-This function is called once to allow a filesystem to initialise any
+This function is called once to allow a filesystem to initialize any
 global data structures that it might have.  It is either called when
 the operating system boots or, for dynamically loaded filesystems,
 when the kernel module containing the filesystem is loaded.
diff --git a/share/man/man9/VFS_MOUNT.9 b/share/man/man9/VFS_MOUNT.9
index 95f3f575d3ae..de7a65107d8a 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/VFS_MOUNT.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/VFS_MOUNT.9
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" (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: VFS_MOUNT.9,v 1.1 1997/03/03 17:59:54 dfr Exp $
+.\" $Id: VFS_MOUNT.9,v 1.2 1997/09/29 10:10:44 wosch Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd July 24, 1996
 .Os
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ to update the NFS export information for the filesystem.
 If the
 .Dv MNT_UPDATE
 flag is not specified, then this is a newly mounted filesystem.  The
-filesystem code should allocate and initialise
+filesystem code should allocate and initialize
 any private data needed to represent
 the filesystem (it can use the
 .Fa mp->mnt_data
diff --git a/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1 b/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1
index 6ca8b2874a11..4eeb5a78b532 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ and allows customization of
 .Nm ldd Ns 's
 output. See
 .Xr rtld 1
-for a list of recognised conversion characters.
+for a list of recognized conversion characters.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fl v
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5
index 96ad0cf2a071..68a842106c49 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ file, and from this find a driver that can be used to
 interface to the particular card. There is a many-to-one mapping
 between cards to drivers i.e a single driver may interface to
 multiple types of cards. To aid this, card parameters may be
-specified separately from the driver to initialise the card or
+specified separately from the driver to initialize the card or
 extract (in the case of a network card) an Ethernet address.
 .Pp
 Once a driver is allocated to a card, it stays
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ The syntax of the resources is as follows:
 .Pp
 Each of the statements define I/O, memory or IRQ
 blocks that can be used to allocate to drivers when
-they are initialised.
+they are initialized.
 .Pp
 Multiple lines of any of the above statements may be
 present to allow separate blocks of each resource to be
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccardd.8 b/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccardd.8
index a4ebb745e03f..cf4d4c70f082 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccardd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccardd.8
@@ -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: pccardd.8,v 1.7 1997/02/22 16:08:58 peter Exp $
+.\"	$Id: pccardd.8,v 1.8 1997/10/06 11:36:07 charnier Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd November 1, 1994
 .Dt PCCARD 8
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ is that once a driver is associated with a card, the
 driver's
 .Fn probe
 routine has been called, and this usually causes driver specific
-data areas to be initialised with the I/O ports or memory resources
+data areas to be initialized with the I/O ports or memory resources
 allocated to the card. Most drivers are not designed to be
 disassociated from the hardware and then reassociated with different
 parameters. This will change significantly when loadable kernel
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5
index c06f040f7616..06bccb7777e2 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.conf.5
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id: pw.conf.5,v 1.6 1997/02/22 16:12:26 peter Exp $
+.\"	$Id: pw.conf.5,v 1.7 1997/10/10 06:23:34 charnier Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd December 9, 1996
 .Dt PW.CONF 5
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ blank lines and lines commencing with a
 character are considered comments, and any remaining lines are
 examined for a leading keyword, followed by corresponding data.
 .Pp
-Keywords recognised by 
+Keywords recognized by 
 .Xr pw 8
 are:
 .Bl -tag -width password_days -offset indent -compact