diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
index de683e356390..0299d68f2480 100644
--- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
+++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ file systems are mounted (yet) by the time
 is being run (e.g.\& when they are mounted over NFS).
 Once
 .Fl p
-has been specified, any additional arguments as passed on to the preprocessor
+has been specified, any additional arguments are passed on to the preprocessor
 for interpretation.
 This allows for flexible configuration files (like conditionalizing
 them on the local hostname) and the use of macros to centralize
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ with
 .Dq "options HZ=1000"
 to reduce
 the granularity to 1ms or less).
-Default value is 0, meaning no delay.
+The default value is 0, meaning no delay.
 .Pp
 .It Cm burst Ar size
 If the data rate exceeds the pipe bandwith limit