diff --git a/share/man/man9/fail.9 b/share/man/man9/fail.9
index bd24b8cc5551..ce43346b7a14 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/fail.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/fail.9
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 .Nm KFAIL_POINT_GOTO ,
 .Nm fail_point ,
 .Nm DEBUG_FP
-.
 .Nd fail points
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In sys/fail.h
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ is derived from the
 .Fn return
 value set in the sysctl MIB.
 See
-.Sx SYSCTL SETTINGS
+.Sx SYSCTL VARIABLES
 below.
 .Pp
 The remaining
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ is the equivalent of
 .Sy KFAIL_POINT_CODE(...,
   { error_var = RETURN_VALUE; goto label;})
 .El
-.Pp
 .Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
 The
 .Fn KFAIL_POINT_*
@@ -108,28 +106,28 @@ macros add sysctl MIBs where specified.
 Many base kernel MIBs can be found in the
 .Sy debug.fail_point
 tree (referenced in code by
-.Sy DEBUG_FP
-).
+.Sy DEBUG_FP ) .
 .Pp
 The sysctl variable may be set using the following grammar:
 .Pp
+.Bd -literal
   <fail_point> ::
       <term> ( "->" <term> )*
-.Pp
+
   <term> ::
       ( (<float> "%") | (<integer> "*" ) )*
       <type>
       [ "(" <integer> ")" ]
-.Pp
+
   <float> ::
       <integer> [ "." <integer> ] |
       "." <integer>
-.Pp
+
   <type> ::
       "off" | "return" | "sleep" | "panic" | "break" | "print"
+.Ed
 .Pp
-The <type>
-argument specifies which action to take:
+The <type> argument specifies which action to take:
 .Bl -tag -width ".Dv return"
 .It Sy off
 Take no action (does not trigger fail point code)
@@ -158,13 +156,13 @@ is evaluated before the count, i.e. "2%5*" means "2% of the time,
 but only 5 times total".
 .Pp
 The operator -> can be used to express cascading terms.
-If you specify <term1>-><term2>, it means that if <term1> doesn't
-'execute', <term2> is evaluated.
+If you specify <term1>-><term2>, it means that if <term1> does not
+.Ql execute ,
+<term2> is evaluated.
 For the purpose of this operator, the return() and print() operators
 are the only types that cascade.
 A return() term only cascades if the code executes, and a print()
 term only cascades when passed a non-zero argument.
-.Pp
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 .Bl -tag
 .It Sy sysctl debug.fail_point.foobar="2.1%return(5)"
@@ -175,7 +173,7 @@ with RETURN_VALUE set to 5.
 2/100ths of the time, execute
 .Fa code
 with RETURN_VALUE set to 5.
-If that doesn't happen, 5% of the time execute
+If that does not happen, 5% of the time execute
 .Fa code
 with RETURN_VALUE set to 22.
 .It Sy sysctl debug.fail_point.foobar="5*return(5)->0.1%return(22)"
@@ -186,9 +184,8 @@ Return 5 for 1 in 1000 executions, but only 5 times total.
 .It Sy sysctl debug.fail_point.foobar="1%*sleep(50)"
 1/100th of the time, sleep 50ms.
 .El
-.Pp
 .Sh CAVEATS
-It's easy to shoot yourself in the foot by setting fail points too
+It is easy to shoot yourself in the foot by setting fail points too
 aggressively or setting too many in combination.
 For example, forcing
 .Fn malloc
@@ -201,7 +198,6 @@ Currently,
 .Fn fail_point_eval
 does not verify whether the context is appropriate for calling
 .Fn msleep .
-.Pp
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An -nosplit
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