diff --git a/share/man/man4/wsdisplay.4 b/share/man/man4/wsdisplay.4
index 6a445ddcf5b9..6b32fe8fee94 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/wsdisplay.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/wsdisplay.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: wsdisplay.4,v 1.3 2000/02/17 14:11:24 dmcmahill Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: wsdisplay.4,v 1.4 2000/03/20 11:51:59 pk Exp $
 
 .Dd March 20, 1999
 .Os
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ wsdisplay device instance. (Naturally, only
 .Dq emulating
 display devices are usable as console.)
 .Pp
-The logical unit of an independant contents displayed on a display
+The logical unit of an independent contents displayed on a display
 (sometimes referred to as
 .Dq virtual terminal
 ) is called a
diff --git a/share/man/man4/wskbd.4 b/share/man/man4/wskbd.4
index fb83b784c0f7..fec4274fc125 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/wskbd.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/wskbd.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: wskbd.4,v 1.4 1999/12/21 11:29:21 drochner Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: wskbd.4,v 1.5 2000/03/20 11:51:59 pk Exp $
 
 .Dd March 20, 1999
 .Os
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The common keyboard support consists of:
 .Bl -bullet
 .It
 Mapping from keycodes (defined by the specific keyboard driver) to
-keysyms (hardware independant, defined in
+keysyms (hardware independent, defined in
 .Pa /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsksymdef.h
 ).
 .It