diff --git a/man/systemd-system-update-generator.xml b/man/systemd-system-update-generator.xml
index e7fc95c7422..58ae70f615d 100644
--- a/man/systemd-system-update-generator.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-system-update-generator.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
     <para><filename>systemd-system-update-generator</filename> is a
     generator that automatically redirects the boot process to
-    <filename>system-update.target</filename> if
+    <filename>system-update.target</filename>, if
     <filename>/system-update</filename> exists. This is required to
     implement the logic explained in the <ulink
     url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/SystemUpdates">System
diff --git a/man/systemd.generator.xml b/man/systemd.generator.xml
index 4b80dab108a..919c8f8080d 100644
--- a/man/systemd.generator.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.generator.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
             process. That includes simple things such as logging to
             <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
             or <command>systemd</command> itself (this means: no
-            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>)!.
+            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>)!
             Non-essential file systems like
             <filename>/var</filename> and <filename>/home</filename>
             are mounted after generators have run. Generators
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 
       <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system-update-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
       temporarily redirects <filename>default.target</filename> to
-      <filename>system-update.target</filename> if a system update is
+      <filename>system-update.target</filename>, if a system update is
       scheduled. Since this needs to override the default user
       configuration for <filename>default.target</filename>, it uses
       argv[2]. For details about this logic, see