diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index 9219b3daaf..7aa2e78ed3 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
                                 syncing is unconditionally done
                                 immediately after a log message of
                                 priority CRIT, ALERT or EMERG has been
-                                logged, this setting hence applies
+                                logged. This setting hence applies
                                 only to messages of the levels ERR,
                                 WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG. The
                                 default timeout is 5 minutes.
diff --git a/man/systemd-run.xml b/man/systemd-run.xml
index e1e885178d..6b0189c25d 100644
--- a/man/systemd-run.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-run.xml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--remain-after-exit</option></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>After the service's process terminated keep
+        <listitem><para>After the service's process has terminated, keep
         the service around until it is explicitly stopped. This is
         useful to collect runtime information about the service after
         it finished running. Also see
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--send-sighup</option></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>When terminating the scope unit send a SIGHUP
+        <listitem><para>When terminating the scope unit, send a SIGHUP
         immediately after SIGTERM. This is useful to indicate to
         shells and shell-like processes that the connection has been
-        sewered. Also see <varname>SendSIGHUP=</varname> in
+        severed. Also see <varname>SendSIGHUP=</varname> in
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
         </para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/man/systemd.kill.xml b/man/systemd.kill.xml
index 517a891777..ab3d28f23a 100644
--- a/man/systemd.kill.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.kill.xml
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
                                 <constant>SIGHUP</constant> (if
                                 enabled with
                                 <varname>SendSIGHUP=</varname>). If
-                                then after a delay (configured via the
-                                <varname>TimeoutStopSec=</varname> option)
+                                then, after a delay (configured via the
+                                <varname>TimeoutStopSec=</varname> option),
                                 processes still remain, the
                                 termination request is repeated with
                                 the <constant>SIGKILL</constant>