diff --git a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.conf.5 b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.conf.5
index 49d7ce84bcfe..5faef4958339 100644
--- a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.conf.5
+++ b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: ftpd.conf.5,v 1.20 2002/05/30 00:24:47 enami Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: ftpd.conf.5,v 1.21 2002/05/31 09:56:12 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997-2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ or
 .Ar time
 is not specified, set to default of 2 hours.
 .It Sy mmapsize Ar class Ar size
-Set the size of sliding window to map a file using
+Set the size of the sliding window to map a file using
 .Xr mmap 2 .
 If zero,
 .Xr ftpd 8
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ will use
 instead.  The default is zero.
 An optional suffix may be provided as per
 .Sy rateget .
-This option affects only for binary transfer.
+This option affects only binary transfers.
 .It Sy modify Ar class Op Sy off
 If
 .Ar class
@@ -522,13 +522,13 @@ is
 .Dq none
 or no arguments are given, disable this.
 .It Sy readsize Ar class Ar size
-Set the size of read buffer to
+Set the size of the read buffer to
 .Xr read 2
 a file.
-The default is file system block size.
+The default is the file system block size.
 An optional suffix may be provided as per
 .Sy rateget .
-This option affects only for binary transfer.
+This option affects only binary transfers.
 .It Sy sanenames Ar class Op Sy off
 If
 .Ar class
@@ -543,11 +543,11 @@ Otherwise, only permit file names which don't start with a
 and only comprise of characters from the set
 .Dq [-+,._A-Za-z0-9] .
 .It Sy sendbufsize Ar class Ar size
-Set the size of socket send buffer.
+Set the size of the socket send buffer.
 An optional suffix may be provided as per
 .Sy rateget .
-The default is zero and system default value will be used.
-This option affects only for binary transfer.
+The default is zero and the system default value will be used.
+This option affects only binary transfers.
 .It Sy sendlowat Ar class Ar size
 Set the low water mark of socket send buffer.
 An optional suffix may be provided as per
@@ -620,15 +620,15 @@ Otherwise, enable them.
 .It Sy writesize Ar class Ar size
 Limit the number of bytes to
 .Xr write 2
-at a time.  The default is zero and
-whole data available as a resul of
+at a time.  The default is zero, which means
+all the data available as a result of
 .Xr mmap 2
 or
 .Xr read 2
 will be written at a time.
 An optional suffix may be provided as per
 .Sy rateget .
-This option affects only for binary transfer.
+This option affects only binary transfers.
 .El
 .Sh DEFAULTS
 The following defaults are used: