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7 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/aio_read.2 b/lib/libc/sys/aio_read.2
index c52629e..749044a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/aio_read.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/aio_read.2
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ appropriately; otherwise the
 .Fn aio_return
 system call must be called, and will return -1, and
 .Fn aio_error
-must be called to determine the actual calue that would have been
+must be called to determine the actual value that would have been
 returned in
 .Va errno .
 .Pp
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/fhopen.2 b/lib/libc/sys/fhopen.2
index 2bbb42b..7f078df 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/fhopen.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/fhopen.2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" This software was written by William Studenmund of the
-.\" Numerical Aerospace Similation Facility, NASA Ames Research Center.
+.\" Numerical Aerospace Simulation Facility, NASA Ames Research Center.
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ provide the functionality of the
 .Xr fstat 2
 and
 .Xr fstatfs 2
-calls except that they return information for the file refered to by
+calls except that they return information for the file referred to by
 .Fa fhp
 rather than an open file.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ In addition to the errors returned by
 .Xr fstat 2 ,
 and
 .Xr fstatfs 2
-respectivly,
+respectively,
 .Fn fhopen ,
 .Fn fhstat ,
 and
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2 b/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2
index 8b6ed9d..6e6397d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/madvise.2
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ For more information see the MAP_NOSYNC section of
 .It Dv MADV_AUTOSYNC
 Undoes the effects of MADV_NOSYNC for any future pages dirtied within the
 address range.  The effect on pages already dirtied is indeterminate - they
-may or may not be reverted.  You can guarentee reversion by using the
+may or may not be reverted.  You can guarantee reversion by using the
 .Xr msync 2
 or
 .Xr fsync 2
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/nfssvc.2 b/lib/libc/sys/nfssvc.2
index 25f2773..2b19547 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/nfssvc.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/nfssvc.2
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct nfsd_srvargs {
 	struct ucred	nsd_cr;		/* Cred. uid maps to */
 	int		nsd_authlen;	/* Length of auth string (ret) */
 	u_char		*nsd_authstr;	/* Auth string (ret) */
-	int		nsd_verflen;	/* and the verfier */
+	int		nsd_verflen;	/* and the verifier */
 	u_char		*nsd_verfstr;
 	struct timeval	nsd_timestamp;	/* timestamp from verifier */
 	u_int32_t	nsd_ttl;	/* credential ttl (sec) */
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2
index adf7bed..62b3298 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/sigaction.2
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ the
 .Dv sa_handler
 member of
 .Dv struct sigaction .
-In pratice,
+In practice,
 .Fx
 always sends the three arguments of the latter and since the ANSI C
 prototype is a subset, both will work.
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ handler and the
 .Dv si_code
 member of the
 .Dv info
-argument to a SA_SIGINFO handler contain a numeric code explaning the
+argument to a SA_SIGINFO handler contain a numeric code explaining the
 cause of the signal, usually one of the
 .Dv SI_...
 values from
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/socket.2 b/lib/libc/sys/socket.2
index c8d9368..a1c8122 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/socket.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/socket.2
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ PF_XTP		eXpress Transfer Protocol,
 PF_COIP		Connection-Oriented IP, aka ST II,
 PF_CNT		Computer Network Technology,
 PF_SIP		Simple Internet Protocol,
-PF_IPX		Novell Intenet Packet eXchange protocol,
+PF_IPX		Novell Internet Packet eXchange protocol,
 PF_RTIP		Help Identify RTIP packets,
 PF_PIP		Help Identify PIP packets,
 PF_ISDN		Integrated Services Digital Network,
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2 b/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2
index 433f42d..16a7bb9 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/vfork.2
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The
 system call
 can normally be used just like
 .Xr fork 2 .
-It does not work, however, to return while running in the childs context
+It does not work, however, to return while running in the child's context
 from the procedure that called
 .Fn vfork
 since the eventual return from