diff --git a/share/man/man4/divert.4 b/share/man/man4/divert.4
index d0e67857b1c8..d22275ec630e 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/divert.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/divert.4
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ kernel configuration file:
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Alternatively, to load
-.Ns Nm
+the driver
 as a module at boot time, add the following lines into the
 .Xr loader.conf 5
 file:
diff --git a/share/man/man4/gre.4 b/share/man/man4/gre.4
index 827c93ec7202..da33fd30a509 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/gre.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/gre.4
@@ -37,16 +37,14 @@
 .Nd encapsulating network device
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 To compile the
-.Ns Nm
-device into the kernel, place the following line in the kernel
+driver into the kernel, place the following line in the kernel
 configuration file:
 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
 .Cd "device gre"
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Alternatively, to load the
-.Ns Nm
-device as a module at boot time, place the following line in
+driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in
 .Xr loader.conf 5 :
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 if_gre_load="YES"
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ipfirewall.4 b/share/man/man4/ipfirewall.4
index e1c9a8affce8..f19d024e9bd3 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ipfirewall.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ipfirewall.4
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@
 .Nd IP packet filter and traffic accounting
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 To compile
-.Ns Nm
+the driver
 into the kernel, place the following option in the kernel configuration
 file:
 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
 .Cd "options IPFIREWALL"
 .Ed
 .Pp
-Other kernel options related to
-.Ns Nm
+Other related kernel options
 which may also be useful are:
 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
 .Cd "options IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT"
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ which may also be useful are:
 .Ed
 .Pp
 To load
-.Ns Nm
+the driver
 as a module at boot time, add the following line into the
 .Xr loader.conf 5
 file:
diff --git a/share/man/man4/send.4 b/share/man/man4/send.4
index 9cfcd530cb27..3f90eafe44f6 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/send.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/send.4
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@
 .Ft int
 .Fn socket PF_INET6 SOCK_RAW IPPROTO_SEND
 .Pp
-To enable
-.Ns Nm
-support, load the kernel side SeND as a module.
-To load it at boot time, add the following line to
+To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in
 .Xr loader.conf 5 :
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 send_load="YES"
diff --git a/share/man/man4/siftr.4 b/share/man/man4/siftr.4
index d0349ca015f4..625c6578ded7 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/siftr.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/siftr.4
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
 .Nd Statistical Information For TCP Research
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 To load
-.Ns Nm
+the driver
 as a module at run-time, run the following command as root:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 kldload siftr
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Alternatively, to load
-.Ns Nm
+the driver
 as a module at boot time, add the following line into the
 .Xr loader.conf 5
 file:
@@ -53,13 +53,16 @@ file:
 siftr_load="YES"
 .Ed
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
 .Nm
-.Ns ( Em S Ns tatistical
+.Po
+.Em S Ns tatistical
 .Em I Ns nformation
 .Em F Ns or
 .Em T Ns CP
-.Em R Ns esearch )
-is a kernel module that logs a range of statistics on active TCP connections to
+.Em R Ns esearch
+.Pc
+kernel module logs a range of statistics on active TCP connections to
 a log file.
 It provides the ability to make highly granular measurements of TCP connection
 state, aimed at system administrators, developers and researchers.