diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
index 26c701508e0f..585e442582df 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
@@ -2243,11 +2243,11 @@ discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it
 beyond recognition.
 %
 Brucify, v:
-       1: kill by nailing onto style(9); "David O'Brien was brucified"
-       2: annoy constantly by reminding of potential improvements
+       1: Kill by nailing onto style(9); "David O'Brien was brucified"
+       2: Annoy constantly by reminding of potential improvements
           [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {tantalize}, {bedevil}, {dun},
           {frustrate}]
-       3: Fix problems that was indicated in an earlier brucification
+       3: Fix problems that were indicated in an earlier brucification
           (of one of the two other meanings).
 The word 'brucify' originally comes from the style-reviews of Bruce
 Evans of the FreeBSD project, but is now also sometimes used for