diff --git a/man/daemon.xml b/man/daemon.xml
index e26be0d2ef..dc51041138 100644
--- a/man/daemon.xml
+++ b/man/daemon.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         create an independent session.</para></listitem>
 
         <listitem><para>In the child, call <function>fork()</function> again, to ensure that the daemon can
-        never re-acquire a terminal again. (This relevant if the program — and all its dependencies — does
+        never re-acquire a terminal again. (This is relevant if the program — and all its dependencies — does
         not carefully specify `O_NOCTTY` on each and every single `open()` call that might potentially open a
         TTY device node.)</para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/man/portablectl.xml b/man/portablectl.xml
index d241893d4d..12953bc139 100644
--- a/man/portablectl.xml
+++ b/man/portablectl.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
     within the file system context of the image.</para>
 
     <para>Portable service images are an efficient way to bundle multiple related services and other units together,
-    and transfer them as a whole between systems. When these images are attached the local system the contained units
+    and transfer them as a whole between systems. When these images are attached to the local system, the contained units
     may run in most ways like regular system-provided units, either with full privileges or inside strict sandboxing,
     depending on the selected configuration. For more details, see
     <ulink url="https://systemd.io/PORTABLE_SERVICES">Portable Services Documentation</ulink>.</para>
 
-    <para>Specifically portable service images may be of the following kind:</para>
+    <para>Portable service images may be of the following kinds:</para>
 
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem><para>Directory trees containing an OS, including the top-level directories <filename>/usr/</filename>,
diff --git a/shell-completion/zsh/_journalctl b/shell-completion/zsh/_journalctl
index 61a52afddf..7138615cdd 100644
--- a/shell-completion/zsh/_journalctl
+++ b/shell-completion/zsh/_journalctl
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ _arguments -s \
     '--facility=[Filter messages by facility]:facility:_journalctl_facilities' \
     {-t+,--identifier=}'[Filter messages by syslog identifier]:identifier:_journalctl_field_values SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER' \
     {-c+,--cursor=}'[Start showing entries from the specified cursor]:cursors:_journalctl_field_values __CURSORS' \
-    '--cursor-file=[Show entries using cursor store in file]:file:_files' \
+    '--cursor-file=[Show entries using cursor stored in file]:file:_files' \
     '--after-cursor=[Start showing entries from after the specified cursor]:cursors:_journalctl_field_values __CURSORS' \
     '--since=[Start showing entries on or newer than the specified date]:YYYY-MM-DD HH\:MM\:SS' \
     '--until=[Stop showing entries on or older than the specified date]:YYYY-MM-DD HH\:MM\:SS' \