diff --git a/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1 b/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1
index 9abff113096e..67122c4277da 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
 .Ar group
 .Ar files ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-The chgrp utility sets the group ID of the file named by each
+The
+.Nm
+utility sets the group ID of the file named by each
 .Ar file
 operand to the
 .Ar group
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ Options:
 If the
 .Fl R
 option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
-(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
+(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed).
 .It Fl L
 If the
 .Fl R
@@ -102,12 +104,12 @@ If a group name is also a numeric group ID, the operand is used as a
 group name.
 .Pp
 The user invoking
-.Nm chgrp
+.Nm
 must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the file,
 or be the super-user.
 .Pp
 The
-.Nm chgrp
+.Nm
 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 In previous versions of this system, symbolic links did not have groups.
@@ -125,5 +127,7 @@ Group ID file
 .Xr chown 8
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
-.Nm chgrp
-utility is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.
+.Nm
+utility is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2
+compatible.
diff --git a/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 b/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8
index 7546a4e944ea..38372c240f25 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)chown.8	8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
-.\"	$Id: chown.8,v 1.4 1997/02/22 16:04:35 peter Exp $
+.\"	$Id: chown.8,v 1.5 1997/03/31 13:03:47 peter Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 31, 1994
 .Dt CHOWN 8
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 .Op Fl f
 .Op Fl h
 .Ar :group
-.Ar file ...
+.Ar
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm Chown
 sets the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ The options are as follows:
 If the
 .Fl R
 option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
-(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
+(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed).
 .It Fl L
 If the
 .Fl R
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ The ownership of a file may only be altered by a super-user for
 obvious security reasons.
 .Pp
 The
-.Nm chown
+.Nm
 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 Previous versions of the
-.Nm chown
+.Nm
 utility used the dot (``.'') character to distinguish the group name.
 This has been changed to be a colon (``:'') character so that user and
 group names may contain the dot character.
@@ -141,8 +141,10 @@ owners.
 .Xr symlink 7
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
-.Nm chown
-command is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compliant.
+.Nm
+command is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2
+compliant.
 .Sh HISTORY
 A
 .Nm
diff --git a/usr.sbin/chown/chown.c b/usr.sbin/chown/chown.c
index c7b171b1c605..b3b78763a08c 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/chown/chown.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/chown/chown.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static const char copyright[] =
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)chown.c	8.8 (Berkeley) 4/4/94";
 #else
 static const char rcsid[] =
-	"$Id$";
+	"$Id: chown.c,v 1.7 1997/08/24 02:10:29 steve Exp $";
 #endif
 #endif /* not lint */
 
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	fts_options = FTS_PHYSICAL;
 	if (Rflag) {
 		if (hflag)
-			errx(1,
-		"the -R and -h options may not be specified together.");
+			errx(1, "the -R and -h options may not be specified together");
 		if (Hflag)
 			fts_options |= FTS_COMFOLLOW;
 		if (Lflag) {
@@ -266,8 +265,9 @@ chownerr(file)
 void
 usage()
 {
-	(void)fprintf(stderr,
-	    "usage: %s [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f] [-h] %s file ...\n",
-	    myname, ischown ? "[owner][:group]" : "group");
+	(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n%s\n",
+	    "usage: chown [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f] [-h] owner[:group] file ...",
+	    "       chown [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f] [-h] :group file ...",
+	    "       chgrp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f] [-h] group file ...");
 	exit(1);
 }