diff --git a/bin/expr/expr.1 b/bin/expr/expr.1
index a592564f8ddd..b2aba80876dd 100644
--- a/bin/expr/expr.1
+++ b/bin/expr/expr.1
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" (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: expr.1,v 1.5 1993/10/04 22:06:59 jtc Exp $
+.\"	$Id: expr.1,v 1.2 1993/10/04 22:07:27 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd July 3, 1993
 .Dt EXPR 1
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ operator matches
 against 
 .Ar expr2 ,
 which must be a regular expression.  The regular expression is anchored
-to the begining of  the string with an implicit 
+to the beginning of  the string with an implicit 
 .Dq ^ .
 .Pp
 If the match succeeds and the pattern contains at least one regular
diff --git a/gnu/libexec/uucp/uucico/uucico.8 b/gnu/libexec/uucp/uucico/uucico.8
index fba8bb588fc1..b4fe7e0a1ad7 100644
--- a/gnu/libexec/uucp/uucico/uucico.8
+++ b/gnu/libexec/uucp/uucico/uucico.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-''' $Id: uucico.8,v 1.1 1993/08/04 19:36:33 jtc Exp $
+''' $Id: uucico.8,v 1.1 1993/08/05 18:27:22 conklin Exp $
 .TH uucico 8 "Taylor UUCP 1.04"
 .SH NAME
 uucico \- UUCP file transfer daemon
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ If a call fails,
 .I uucico
 will normally refuse to retry the
 call until a certain (configurable) amount of time
-has passed.  This may be overriden by the
+has passed.  This may be overridden by the
 .B -f
 or the
 .B -S
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ After calling out (to a particular system when
 .B \-s
 or 
 .B \-S
-is specifed, or to all systems which have work when
+is specified, or to all systems which have work when
 .B \-r1
-is specifed), begin an endless loop as with
+is specified), begin an endless loop as with
 .B \-e.
 .TP 5
 .B \-q
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1
index 6472a319fbc7..e2aeefd8317c 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ and verifies when the file is extracted from the archive.
 The HPUX formats are provided for compatibility with HPUX's cpio which
 stores device files differently.
 .PP
-The tar format is provided for compatability with
+The tar format is provided for compatibility with
 the
 .B tar
 program.  It can not be used to archive files with names
diff --git a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
index 0c9fd82cc34d..5eb2deaa436d 100644
--- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
+++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ The
 program will enter a conversational mode.
 This mode is designed not to change any data unless you explicitly tell it to.
 .Nm
-selects defaults for its questions to guarantee the above behaviour.
+selects defaults for its questions to guarantee the above behavior.
 .Pp
 It displays each partition
 and ask if you want to edit it.
diff --git a/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8
index 0c9fd82cc34d..5eb2deaa436d 100644
--- a/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8
+++ b/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ The
 program will enter a conversational mode.
 This mode is designed not to change any data unless you explicitly tell it to.
 .Nm
-selects defaults for its questions to guarantee the above behaviour.
+selects defaults for its questions to guarantee the above behavior.
 .Pp
 It displays each partition
 and ask if you want to edit it.
diff --git a/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump/tcpdump.1 b/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump/tcpdump.1
index 2406319e0ffc..7ba0fb93e458 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump/tcpdump.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump/tcpdump.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" @(#) $Header: tcpdump.1,v 1.40 92/01/29 16:56:02 mccanne Exp $ (LBL)
+.\" @(#) $Header: /home/cvs/386BSD/src/contrib/tcpdump/tcpdump/tcpdump.1,v 1.1.1.1 1993/06/12 14:42:05 rgrimes Exp $ (LBL)
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
 .\" The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ default of 68 (with NIT, the minimum is actually 96).
 and UDP but may truncate protocol information from name server and NFS
 packets (see below).  Packets truncated because of a limited snapshot
 are indicated in the output with ``[|\fIproto\fP]'', where \fIproto\fP
-is the name of the protocol level at which the truncation has occured.
+is the name of the protocol level at which the truncation has occurred.
 Note that taking larger snapshots both increases
 the amount of time it takes to process packets and, effectively,
 decreases the amount of packet buffering.  This may cause packets to be
diff --git a/usr.sbin/xntpd/doc/ntpq.8 b/usr.sbin/xntpd/doc/ntpq.8
index 1ddb829aba25..ad374768f6c7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/xntpd/doc/ntpq.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/xntpd/doc/ntpq.8
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ Written by Dennis Ferguson at the University of Toronto.
 The
 .B peers
 command is non\-atomic and may occasionally result in spurious error
-messages about invalid associations occuring and terminating the
+messages about invalid associations occurring and terminating the
 command.
 .PP
 The timeout time is a fixed constant, which means you wait a long time