diff --git a/contrib/cvs/man/cvsbug.8 b/contrib/cvs/man/cvsbug.8
index 63574d428759..fc1bf070b773 100644
--- a/contrib/cvs/man/cvsbug.8
+++ b/contrib/cvs/man/cvsbug.8
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe only
 with each problem report.
 .IP \(bu 3m
 For follow-up mail, use the same subject line as the one in the automatic
-acknowledgent. It consists of category, PR number and the original synopsis
+acknowledgement. It consists of category, PR number and the original synopsis
 line.  This allows the support site to relate several mail messages to a
 particular PR and to record them automatically.
 .IP \(bu 3m 
diff --git a/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipmon.8 b/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipmon.8
index a4f7fc46ea0d..3f75fb406b5a 100644
--- a/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipmon.8
+++ b/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipmon.8
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ equivalent to using \fB-o NSI\fP.
 .TP
 .B \-O
 Specify which log files you do not wish to read from.  This is most sensibly
-used with the \fB-a\fP.  Letters available as paramters to this are the same
+used with the \fB-a\fP.  Letters available as parameters to this are the same
 as for \fB-o\fP.
 .TP
 .B \-s
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ show the packet data in hex.
 .B \-X
 show the log header record data in hex.
 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
-\fBipmon\fP expects data that it reads to be consistant with how it should be
+\fBipmon\fP expects data that it reads to be consistent with how it should be
 saved and will abort if it fails an assertion which detects an anomoly in the
 recorded data.
 .SH FILES
diff --git a/libexec/bootpd/bootpd.8 b/libexec/bootpd/bootpd.8
index a8cd05e1ff85..faef843b14cb 100644
--- a/libexec/bootpd/bootpd.8
+++ b/libexec/bootpd/bootpd.8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1991 Carnegie Mellon University
 .\"
-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: bootpd.8,v 1.8 1998/02/03 07:30:22 charnier Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd November 06, 1993
 .Dt BOOTPD 8
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ value (in minutes) that a
 or
 .Nm bootpgw
 process will wait for a BOOTP packet before exiting.
-If no packets are recieved for
+If no packets are received for
 .Ar timeout
 minutes, then the program will exit.
 A timeout value of zero means "run forever".
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ or the dumpfile specified as a command line parameter.
 During initialization, both programs
 determine the UDP port numbers to be used by calling
 .Xr getservbyname 3
-(which nomally uses
+(which normally uses
 .Pa /etc/services Ns ).
 Two service names (and port numbers) are used:
 .Pp
diff --git a/sbin/dset/dset.8 b/sbin/dset/dset.8
index 8d9607503420..ed88d4ed06b7 100644
--- a/sbin/dset/dset.8
+++ b/sbin/dset/dset.8
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: dset.8,v 1.6 1997/02/22 14:32:15 peter Exp $
 .\" "
 .Dd May 2, 1996
 .Dt DSET 8
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ only what would have been done.  This implies
 The
 .Nm
 utility exits with status 0 on success, or with status 1 if any
-problem occured.  Unless
+problem occurred.  Unless
 .Fl q
 has been specified, a short message hinting to the cause of the problem
 will be printed to standard error output.
diff --git a/usr.bin/chat/chat.8 b/usr.bin/chat/chat.8
index 50dfba93d176..dd478ae6faba 100644
--- a/usr.bin/chat/chat.8
+++ b/usr.bin/chat/chat.8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" -*- nroff -*-
 .\" manual page [] for chat 1.8
-.\" $Id: chat.8,v 1.9 1997/08/22 15:24:35 peter Exp $
+.\" $Id: chat.8,v 1.10 1998/03/21 20:46:59 peter Exp $
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ error messages from being sent to
 .IR syslog (3).
 .TP
 .B -T \fI<phone number>
-Pass in an arbitary string, usually a phone number, that will be
+Pass in an arbitrary string, usually a phone number, that will be
 substituted for the \\T substitution metacharacter in a send string.
 .TP
 .B -U \fI<phone number 2>
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ terminal), standard error will normally be redirected to the file
 .LP
 \fBSAY\fR strings must be enclosed in single or double quotes. If
 carriage return and line feed are needed in the string to be output,
-you must explicitely add them to your string.
+you must explicitly add them to your string.
 .LP
 The SAY strings could be used to give progress messages in sections of
 the script where you want to have 'ECHO OFF' but still let the user