diff --git a/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/appen.A b/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/appen.A
index c707d85bdccd..a8c6efca9bee 100644
--- a/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/appen.A
+++ b/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/appen.A
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: appen.A,v 1.7 2003/08/07 16:44:26 agc Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: appen.A,v 1.8 2023/02/13 23:02:27 andvar Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ the source code in the
 This program demonstrates how to set up a window and output characters to it.
 Also, it demonstrates how one might control the output to the window.
 If you run this program, you will get a demonstration of the character output
-chracteristics discussed in the above Character Output section.
+characteristics discussed in the above Character Output section.
 .(l I
 .so ex1.gr
 .)l
diff --git a/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/appen.C b/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/appen.C
index ce12a2ea7a7c..efa408f7e897 100644
--- a/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/appen.C
+++ b/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/appen.C
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: appen.C,v 1.7 2003/08/07 16:44:26 agc Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: appen.C,v 1.8 2023/02/13 23:02:27 andvar Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ of what the relevant portions do.
 This program demonstrates how to set up a window and output characters to it.
 Also, it demonstrates how one might control the output to the window.
 If you run this program, you will get a demonstration of the character output
-chracteristics discussed in the above Character Output section.
+characteristics discussed in the above Character Output section.
 .(l I
 .so t2.gr
 .)l
diff --git a/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/intro.5 b/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/intro.5
index 50bd75adbb51..ceeeabbf9f66 100644
--- a/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/intro.5
+++ b/lib/libcurses/PSD.doc/intro.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: intro.5,v 1.8 2003/11/02 11:16:03 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: intro.5,v 1.9 2023/02/13 23:02:27 andvar Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ line) is output.
 Likewise, if scrolling is enabled, a scroll will be invoked only when the
 first character on he first line past the bottom line of the window is
 output.
-If scrolling is not enabled the chracters will to be output to the
+If scrolling is not enabled the characters will to be output to the
 bottom right corner of the window which is the cursor location.
 .pp
 This policy allows consistent behavior of the cursor at the boundary
diff --git a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
index a3bc3be1e8d2..ad51e68c0394 100644
--- a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
+++ b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: printf.1,v 1.36 2021/05/19 22:29:18 kre Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: printf.1,v 1.37 2023/02/13 23:02:27 andvar Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Each format specification is introduced by the percent character
 .Pq Ql \&% .
 To produce a literal percent
 .Pq Ql \&% 
-in the output, write the percent chracter twice:
+in the output, write the percent character twice:
 .Pq Ql \&%% .
 This is not a format conversion.
 The remainder of the format specification includes,