diff --git a/share/man/man5/mk.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/mk.conf.5
index 58e820ebdea7..fc4278f3ccd7 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/mk.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/mk.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: mk.conf.5,v 1.25 2005/04/20 22:10:51 hubertf Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: mk.conf.5,v 1.26 2005/04/21 14:50:16 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\"  Copyright (c) 1999-2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\"  All rights reserved.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"  TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
 .\"  USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd March 12, 2005
+.Dd April 21, 2005
 .Dt MK.CONF 5
 .Os
 .\" turn off hyphenation
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ build.
 .
 .It Sy MKIPFILTER
 .YorN
-Indicates wether the
+Indicates whether the
 .Xr ipf 4
 programs, headers and LKM will be compiled and installed during a build.
 .DFLTy
@@ -416,15 +416,15 @@ pass) at the start of a build.
 .
 .It Sy MKPAM
 .YorN
-Indicates wether the
+Indicates whether the
 .Xr pam 8
 framework (libraries and support files) is built.
-The old code is not supported and may be removed in the future.
+The pre-PAM code is not supported and may be removed in the future.
 .DFLTy
 .
 .It Sy MKPF
 .YorN
-Indicates wether the
+Indicates whether the
 .Xr pf 4
 programs, headers, LKM and spamd will be compiled and installed during a build.
 .DFLTy