diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 3db5e5dab67..4bbc288b7a8 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
                                 implied pager tool. This implies
                                 <option>-n1000</option> to guarantee
                                 that the pager won't buffer logs of
-                                unbounded size. This may be overriden
+                                unbounded size. This may be overridden
                                 with an explicit <option>-n</option>
                                 with some other numeric value on the
                                 command line. Note that this option is
diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index 6ba583b31d5..0797deb1155 100644
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
                                 messages is generated. This rate
                                 limiting is applied per-service, so
                                 that two services which log do not
-                                interfere with each others'
+                                interfere with each other's
                                 limits. Defaults to 200 messages in
                                 10s. The time specification for
                                 <varname>RateLimitInterval=</varname>
diff --git a/man/kernel-install.xml b/man/kernel-install.xml
index 4634680b398..df3549dcb74 100644
--- a/man/kernel-install.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-install.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
           <filename>/proc/cmdline</filename>
         </term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The contents of the file <filename>/etc/kernel/cmdline</filename> specifies the kernel command line to use.
+            <para>The content of the file <filename>/etc/kernel/cmdline</filename> specifies the kernel command line to use.
             If that file does not exist, <filename>/proc/cmdline</filename> is used.</para>
           </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
           <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>
         </term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The contents of the file specifies the machine identifaction &lt;MACHINE-ID>.</para>
+            <para>The content of the file specifies the machine identification &lt;MACHINE-ID>.</para>
           </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
           <filename>/etc/os-release</filename>
         </term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The contents of the file specifies the the operating system id &lt;OS-ID>.</para>
+            <para>The content of the file specifies the operating system id &lt;OS-ID>.</para>
           </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
diff --git a/man/logind.conf.xml b/man/logind.conf.xml
index b0dd20f2a44..47ee0e73ff8 100644
--- a/man/logind.conf.xml
+++ b/man/logind.conf.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
                                 will execute the action after all
                                 sessions reported that they are idle,
                                 and no idle inhibitor lock is active,
-                                and subsquently the time configured
+                                and subsequently the time configured
                                 with <varname>IdleActionSec=</varname>
                                 (see below) has passed.</para>
                                 </listitem>
diff --git a/man/machine-id.xml b/man/machine-id.xml
index 153ae4da2c4..1e558a61783 100644
--- a/man/machine-id.xml
+++ b/man/machine-id.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
                 logic as the D-Bus machine ID.</para>
 
                 <para>Programs may use this ID to identify the host
-                with a globally unique ID in the network, that does
+                with a globally unique ID in the network, which does
                 not change even if the local network configuration
                 changes. Due to this and its greater length it is
                 a more useful replacement for the
diff --git a/man/nss-myhostname.xml b/man/nss-myhostname.xml
index 3fc91ee7923..c0e2b828be1 100644
--- a/man/nss-myhostname.xml
+++ b/man/nss-myhostname.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
                 <filename>/etc</filename> file system and is fragile because the file
                 might be edited by the administrator at the same time. <command>nss-myhostname</command>
                 simply returns all locally configure public IP addresses, or -- if none
-                are configured -- the IPv4 address 127.0.0.2 (wich is on the local
+                are configured -- the IPv4 address 127.0.0.2 (which is on the local
                 loopback) and the IPv6 address ::1 (which is the local host) for
                 whatever system hostname is configured locally. Patching
                 <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> is thus no longer necessary.</para>