diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml
index 955e79bfd7d..c36f522c8e5 100644
--- a/man/hostnamectl.xml
+++ b/man/hostnamectl.xml
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
hostnamectl may be used to
query and change the system hostname and related
- settings.
+ settings.
- This tool distuingishes three different host
+ This tool distinguishes three different host
names: the high-level "pretty" hostname which might
- include all all kinds of special characters
+ include all kinds of special characters
(e.g. "Lennart's Laptop"), the static hostname which
is used to initialize the kernel hostname at boot
(e.g. "lennarts-laptop"), and the transient hostname
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
- Execute operation
+ Execute the operation
remotely. Specify a hostname, or
username and hostname separated by @,
to connect to. This will use SSH to
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
the Icon
Naming Specification. Pass an
- empty string to this operatoin to
+ empty string to this operation to
reset the icon name to the default
value which is determined from the
system form factor and possibly other
diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index 70b05f600a9..86c9869e518 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
MaxRetentionSec=The maximum time to
- store journal entries for. This
+ store journal entries. This
controls whether journal files
containing entries older then the
specified time span are
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@
journal files don't grow without
bounds. However, to enforce data
retention policies it might make sense
- to set change this value from the
+ to change this value from the
default of 0 (which turns off this
- feature). This settings also takes
+ feature). This setting also takes
time values which may be suffixed with
the units year, month, week, day, h, m
to override the default time unit of
diff --git a/man/localectl.xml b/man/localectl.xml
index 6d7c7889b93..33508cffe5a 100644
--- a/man/localectl.xml
+++ b/man/localectl.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
- Execute operation
+ Execute the operation
remotely. Specify a hostname, or
username and hostname separated by @,
to connect to. This will use SSH to
diff --git a/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml b/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml
index 4a6e83a7581..8b54b90999e 100644
--- a/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-coredumpctl.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
Exit statusOn success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
- code otherwise. Not finding any mathing coredumps is treated
+ code otherwise. Not finding any matching coredumps is treated
as failure.
diff --git a/man/timedatectl.xml b/man/timedatectl.xml
index 11a342d4dd5..83ae1f6f177 100644
--- a/man/timedatectl.xml
+++ b/man/timedatectl.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
- Execute operation
+ Execute the operation
remotely. Specify a hostname, or
username and hostname separated by @,
to connect to. This will use SSH to
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
system clock is synchronized from the
RTC again, taking the new setting into
account. Otherwise the RTC is
- synchonized from the system
+ synchronized from the system
clock.
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
Set the system time
zone to the specified value. Available
- time zones my be listed with
+ time zones can be listed with
list-timezones. If
the RTC is configured to be in the
local time this will also update the
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@
List available time
zones, one per line. Entries from the
- list may selected as the system
- timezone with
+ list can be set as the system
+ time zone with
set-timezone.
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
1 it will maintain
the RTC in local time instead. Note
that maintaining the RTC in the local
- timezone is is not fully supported and
+ time zone is not fully supported and
will create various problems with time
zone changes and daylight saving
adjustments. If at all possible use