diff --git a/share/man/man8/yp.8 b/share/man/man8/yp.8
index f48e3c3ba702..c80755904997 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/yp.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/yp.8
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     from: @(#)yp.8	1.0 (deraadt) 4/26/93
-.\"	$Id: yp.8,v 1.4 1993/08/01 07:22:47 mycroft Exp $
+.\"	$Id: yp.8,v 1.5 1994/01/14 16:23:12 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 5, 1993
 .Dt YP 8
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ upon bootup.
 The
 .Nm YP
 subsystem was written from the ground up by Theo de Raadt
-to be compatible to Sun's implimentation. No Sun code was
+to be compatible to Sun's implementation. No Sun code was
 referenced.
diff --git a/usr.sbin/amd/amd/amd.8 b/usr.sbin/amd/amd/amd.8
index 56799519a85e..f5474f6d9a41 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/amd/amd/amd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/amd/amd/amd.8
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     %W% (Berkeley) %G%
 .\"
-.\" $Id: amd.8,v 1.1 1993/11/27 21:17:03 mycroft Exp $
+.\" $Id: amd.8,v 1.2 1994/01/14 16:22:25 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 17, 1991
 .Dt AMD 8
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ the log messages will be sent to the system log daemon by
 .Xr syslog 3 .
 .It Fl n
 Normalize hostnames.
-The name refered to by ${rhost} is normalized relative to the
+The name referred to by ${rhost} is normalized relative to the
 host database before being used.  The effect is to translate
 aliases into ``official'' names.
 .It Fl p
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ in tenths of a second, between
 .Tn NFS/RPC/UDP
 retries.
 The default is 0.8 seconds.
-The second values alters the restransmit counter.
+The second values alters the retransmit counter.
 Useful defaults are supplied if either or both
 values are missing.
 .It Fl v
diff --git a/usr.sbin/amd/amq/amq.8 b/usr.sbin/amd/amq/amq.8
index 1e485f11cb99..60b1dd853c2f 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/amd/amq/amq.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/amd/amq/amq.8
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     %W% (Berkeley) %G%
 .\"
-.\" $Id: amq.8,v 1.1 1993/11/27 21:18:08 mycroft Exp $
+.\" $Id: amq.8,v 1.2 1994/01/14 16:22:32 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 16, 1991
 .Dt AMQ 8
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ that is the system on which the automounter is normally run.
 .It Fl m
 Request the automounter to provide a list of mounted filesystems,
 including the number of references to each filesystem and any error
-which occured while mounting.
+which occurred while mounting.
 .It Fl s
 Request the automounter to provide system-wide mount statistics.
 .It Fl u
diff --git a/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 b/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8
index cf03ca7a1fd8..858ce22dea58 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     from: @(#)inetd.8	6.7 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
-.\"	$Id: inetd.8,v 1.4 1993/10/13 11:22:48 pk Exp $
+.\"	$Id: inetd.8,v 1.5 1994/01/14 16:22:39 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 16, 1991
 .Dt INETD 8
@@ -275,6 +275,6 @@ command appeared in
 .Bx 4.3 .
 Support for
 .Em Sun-RPC 
-based services is modelled after that
+based services is modeled after that
 provided by
 .Em Sun-OS 4.1 .
diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/lpc.8 b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/lpc.8
index 813585d8e63e..ddca4a8192a1 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/lpc.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/lpc.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     from: @(#)lpc.8	6.4 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
-.\"	$Id: lpc.8,v 1.2 1993/08/01 07:24:44 mycroft Exp $
+.\"	$Id: lpc.8,v 1.3 1994/01/14 16:22:48 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 16, 1991
 .Dt LPC 8
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ disable or enable a printer's spooling queue,
 rearrange the order of jobs in a spooling queue,
 .It
 find the status of printers, and their associated
-spooling queues and printer dameons.
+spooling queues and printer daemons.
 .El
 .Pp
 Without any arguments,
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ arguments as parameters to the command.  The standard input
 may be redirected causing
 .Nm lpc
 to read commands from file.
-Commands may be abreviated;
+Commands may be abbreviated;
 the following is the list of recognized commands.
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ lock file for queue control
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Sy "?Ambiguous command"
-abreviation matches more than one command
+abbreviation matches more than one command
 .It Sy "?Invalid command"
 no match was found
 .It Sy "?Privileged command"
diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8
index 4d0d765667a7..3ea5065996bf 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     from: @(#)lpd.8	6.6 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
-.\"	$Id: lpd.8,v 1.2 1993/08/01 07:24:38 mycroft Exp $
+.\"	$Id: lpd.8,v 1.3 1994/01/14 16:22:53 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 16, 1991
 .Dt LPD 8
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ file can be edited with your favorite text editor.
 .Pp
 The daemon begins processing files
 after it has successfully set the lock for exclusive
-access (descibed a bit later),
+access (described a bit later),
 and scans the spool directory
 for files beginning with 
 .Em cf .
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ skip the file to be printed.
 uses
 .Xr flock 2
 to provide exclusive access to the lock file and to prevent multiple
-deamons from becoming active simultaneously.  If the daemon should be killed
+daemons from becoming active simultaneously.  If the daemon should be killed
 or die unexpectedly, the lock file need not be removed.
 The lock file is kept in a readable
 .Tn ASCII
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 b/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8
index 0959094c069e..5c9cf9fa4850 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
 .\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
 .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-.\" @(#) $Id: rarpd.8,v 1.1 1993/12/16 05:31:06 deraadt Exp $
+.\" @(#) $Id: rarpd.8,v 1.2 1994/01/14 16:22:58 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd October 26, 1990
 .Dt RARPD 8
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ must be present in both the
 and 
 .Xr hosts 5
 databases.
-If a host does not exist in both databses, the translation cannot
+If a host does not exist in both databases, the translation cannot
 proceed and a reply will not be sent.
 .Pp
 Additionally, a request is honored only if the server
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sendmail/makemap/makemap.8 b/usr.sbin/sendmail/makemap/makemap.8
index 2ee45c2dd869..2fd678e7ee0a 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sendmail/makemap/makemap.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/sendmail/makemap/makemap.8
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ This must match the \-N flag in the sendmail.cf
 .It Fl f
 Normally all upper case letters in the key
 are folded to lower case.
-This flag disables that behaviour.
+This flag disables that behavior.
 This is intended to mesh with the
 \-f flag in the
 \fBK\fP
diff --git a/usr.sbin/update/update.8 b/usr.sbin/update/update.8
index 665348f6bf52..40b35a38b4f6 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/update/update.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/update/update.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"	from: @(#)update.8	6.5 (Berkeley) 8/5/91
-.\"	$Id: update.8,v 1.3 1993/10/05 00:13:17 jtc Exp $
+.\"	$Id: update.8,v 1.4 1994/01/14 16:23:09 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd August 5, 1991
 .Dt UPDATE 8
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The
 .Nm update
 command helps protect the integrity of disk volumes
 by flushing
-voliatile cached filesystem data
+volatile cached filesystem data
 to disk at thirty second intervals.
 .Nm Update
 uses the
diff --git a/usr.sbin/yp/yp.8 b/usr.sbin/yp/yp.8
index f48e3c3ba702..c80755904997 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/yp/yp.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/yp/yp.8
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     from: @(#)yp.8	1.0 (deraadt) 4/26/93
-.\"	$Id: yp.8,v 1.4 1993/08/01 07:22:47 mycroft Exp $
+.\"	$Id: yp.8,v 1.5 1994/01/14 16:23:12 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd April 5, 1993
 .Dt YP 8
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ upon bootup.
 The
 .Nm YP
 subsystem was written from the ground up by Theo de Raadt
-to be compatible to Sun's implimentation. No Sun code was
+to be compatible to Sun's implementation. No Sun code was
 referenced.