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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3
index 090ec5a..6858b0e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getcap.3
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ On success 0 is returned, 1 if the returned
record contains an unresolved
.Ic tc
expansion,
-\-1 if the requested record couldn't be found,
-\-2 if a system error was encountered (couldn't open/read a file, etc.) also
+\-1 if the requested record could not be found,
+\-2 if a system error was encountered (could not open/read a file, etc.) also
setting
.Va errno ,
and \-3 if a potential reference loop is detected (see
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ in
.Fa buf
is returned on success,
.Dv NULL
-if the requested capability couldn't be
+if the requested capability could not be
found.
The end of the capability value is signaled by a `:' or
.Tn ASCII
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ The numeric value is returned in the
.Ft long
pointed to by
.Fa num .
-0 is returned on success, \-1 if the requested numeric capability couldn't
+0 is returned on success, \-1 if the requested numeric capability could not
be found.
.Pp
The
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ pointed to by
.Fa str .
The number of characters in the decoded string not including the trailing
.Dv NUL
-is returned on success, \-1 if the requested string capability couldn't
+is returned on success, \-1 if the requested string capability could not
be found, \-2 if a system error was encountered (storage allocation
failure).
.Pp
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ expansion is done (see
.Ic tc=
comments below).
Upon completion of the database 0 is returned, 1 is returned upon successful
-return of record with possibly more remaining (we haven't reached the end of
+return of record with possibly more remaining (we have not reached the end of
the database yet), 2 is returned if the record contains an unresolved
.Ic tc
expansion, \-1 is returned if a system error occurred, and \-2
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ No memory to allocate.
.Xr cap_mkdb 1 ,
.Xr malloc 3
.Sh BUGS
-Colons (`:') can't be used in names, types, or values.
+Colons (`:') cannot be used in names, types, or values.
.Pp
There are no checks for
.Ic tc Ns = Ns Ic name
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