diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ac2cf4130c5..1b548f50349 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 190:
           dir: %_presetdir.
 
         * journald will now warn if it ca not forward a message to the
-          syslog daemon because it's socket is full.
+          syslog daemon because its socket is full.
 
         * timedated will no longer write or process /etc/timezone,
           except on Debian. As we do not support late mounted /usr
diff --git a/man/sd_bus_message_append_string_memfd.xml b/man/sd_bus_message_append_string_memfd.xml
index a9b89248055..bf185ef6d41 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_message_append_string_memfd.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_message_append_string_memfd.xml
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     space for a string to message <parameter>m</parameter>. If behaves
     similarly to <function>sd_bus_message_append_basic</function> with
     type <literal>s</literal>, but instead of copying a string into
-    the the message, it returns a pointer to the destination area to
-    the caller in pointer <parameter>p</parameter>. Space for string
+    the message, it returns a pointer to the destination area to
+    the caller in pointer <parameter>p</parameter>. Space for the string
     of length <parameter>size</parameter> plus the terminating
     <constant>NUL</constant> is allocated.</para>
   </refsect1>
diff --git a/man/sd_bus_message_append_strv.xml b/man/sd_bus_message_append_strv.xml
index 048bbcac08f..4fb1390df48 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_message_append_strv.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_message_append_strv.xml
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     <para>The memory pointed at by <parameter>p</parameter> and the
     contents of the strings themselves are copied into the memory area
     containing the message and may be changed after this call. Note
-    that the signature of <parameter>l</parameter> parameter is be
-    treated as <type>const char* const*</type>, and the the contents
+    that the signature of <parameter>l</parameter> parameter is to be
+    treated as <type>const char *const *</type>, and the contents
     will not be modified.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/man/sd_bus_open_user.xml b/man/sd_bus_open_user.xml
index 7fa1be61ed1..740977e1cfd 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_open_user.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_open_user.xml
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     <title>Description</title>
 
     <para><function>sd_bus_open_user()</function> creates a new bus
-    object and opens a connection to the the user bus.
+    object and opens a connection to the user bus.
     <function>sd_bus_open_system()</function> does the same, but
     connects to the system bus.</para>
 
     <para>If the <varname>$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS</varname> environment
     variable is set
-    (c.f. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
+    (cf. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
     it will be used as the address of the user bus. This variable can
     contain multiple addresses separated by <literal>;</literal>. If
     this variable is not set, a suitable default for the default user
diff --git a/man/sd_bus_path_encode.xml b/man/sd_bus_path_encode.xml
index 7cb8e77bc08..7e119068724 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_path_encode.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_path_encode.xml
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     takes a bus path and a prefix string, plus a place to store the
     returned external identifier string. If the bus path does not
     start with the specified prefix, 0 is returned and the returned
-    string is set to <constant>NULL</constant>. Otherwise the the
+    string is set to <constant>NULL</constant>. Otherwise the
     string following the prefix is unescaped and returned in the
     external identifier string.</para>
 
-    <para>The escaping used will will replace all characters which are
+    <para>The escaping used will replace all characters which are
     invalid in a bus object path by <literal>_</literal> followed by a
     hexadecimal value. As a special case, the empty string will be
     replaced by a lone <literal>_</literal>.</para>
diff --git a/man/sd_event_new.xml b/man/sd_event_new.xml
index 6545cde7cac..f25631f9caa 100644
--- a/man/sd_event_new.xml
+++ b/man/sd_event_new.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     <para><function>sd_event_unref()</function> decreases the
     reference counter of the specified event loop object by one. If
     the counter hits zero the event loop object is freed. Note that it
-    is freed regardless if it is the default event loop object of a
+    is freed regardless of whether it is the default event loop object for a
     thread or not. This means that allocating an event loop with
     <function>sd_event_default()</function>, then releasing it and
     then acquiring a new one with
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 94f238041a8..28a7cca0ede 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service
             <para>Show terse runtime status information about one or
             more units, followed by most recent log data from the
             journal. If no units are specified, show system status. If
-            combined with <option>--all</option> also shows status of
+            combined with <option>--all</option> also show the status of
             all units (subject to limitations specified with
             <option>-t</option>). If a PID is passed, show information
             about the unit the process belongs to.</para>
diff --git a/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml b/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml
index 32e11833362..41b83dd383b 100644
--- a/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                 is a unit generator that automatically discovers root,
                 <filename>/home</filename>, <filename>/srv</filename>
                 and swap partitions and creates mount and swap units
-                for them, based on the the partition type GUIDs of
+                for them, based on the partition type GUIDs of
                 GUID partition tables (GPT). It implements the <ulink
                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/">Discoverable
                 Partitions Specification</ulink>. Note that this
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
                 Partition (ESP) is located on. It will only look for
                 the other partitions on the same physical disk the
                 root file system is located on. These partitions will
-                not be search on systems where the root file system is
+                not be searched on systems where the root file system is
                 distributed on multiple disks, for example via btrfs
                 RAID.</para>
 
diff --git a/man/systemd-journal-remote.xml b/man/systemd-journal-remote.xml
index 40bef05a137..1f0d93e2f32 100644
--- a/man/systemd-journal-remote.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-journal-remote.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
       (<command>systemd-journal-remote</command> requests and pulls
       the data), or "passive"
       (<command>systemd-journal-remote</command> waits for a
-      connection and than receives events pushed by the other side).
+      connection and then receives events pushed by the other side).
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
         <term><option>--listen-raw=<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
 
         <listitem><para><replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable> must be an
-        address suitable for <option>ListenStream=</option> (c.f.
+        address suitable for <option>ListenStream=</option> (cf.
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
         <command>systemd-journal-remote</command> will listen on this
         socket for connections. Each connection is expected to be a
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
         end with <filename>.journal</filename>. The file will be
         created if it does not exist. When necessary (journal file
         full, or corrupted) the file will be renamed following normal
-        journald rules and a new journal file will be created in it's
-        stead. </para></listitem>
+        journald rules and a new journal file will be created in its
+        stead.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 18946167c55..1ad8e6ec056 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
                                 container's name (as specified with
                                 <option>--machine=</option>), prefixed
                                 with <literal>ve-</literal>. The
-                                container side of the the Ethernet
+                                container side of the Ethernet
                                 link will be named
                                 <literal>host0</literal>. Note that
                                 <option>--network-veth</option>
diff --git a/man/systemd-run.xml b/man/systemd-run.xml
index 8bb587cf7fa..9ca17df55a7 100644
--- a/man/systemd-run.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-run.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--description=</option></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Provide description for the service or scope
+        <listitem><para>Provide a description for the service or scope
         unit. If not specified, the command itself will be used as a
         description.  See <varname>Description=</varname> in
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index d206d4f6456..f7948949471 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
                                 <para>The files listed with this
                                 directive will be read shortly before
                                 the process is executed (more
-                                specifically, this means after all
+                                specifically, after all
                                 processes from a previous unit state
                                 terminated. This means you can
                                 generate these files in one unit
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>AppArmorProfile=</varname></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Take a profile name as argument.
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a profile name as argument.
                                 The process executed by the unit will switch to
                                 this profile when started. Profiles must already
                                 be loaded in the kernel, or the unit will fail.
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@
                 <varname>systemd.setenv=</varname> (see
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>). Additional
                 variables may also be set through PAM,
-                c.f. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_env</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+                cf. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_env</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemd.link.xml b/man/systemd.link.xml
index 2f5de23742d..1bee07cf1df 100644
--- a/man/systemd.link.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.link.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
                                                         <listitem>
                                                                 <para>If the hardware has a persistent
                                                                 MAC address, as most hardware should,
-                                                                and this is used by the kernel, nothing
+                                                                and if it is used by the kernel, nothing
                                                                 is done. Otherwise, a new MAC address
                                                                 is generated which is guaranteed to be
                                                                 the same on every boot for the given
diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index d645de45e10..c0d7906d7ed 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><varname>PipeSize=</varname></term>
-                                <listitem><para>Takes an size in
+                                <listitem><para>Takes a size in
                                 bytes. Controls the pipe buffer size
                                 of FIFOs configured in this socket
                                 unit. See
diff --git a/src/core/unit-printf.c b/src/core/unit-printf.c
index 4e18afab8bb..d16d856b516 100644
--- a/src/core/unit-printf.c
+++ b/src/core/unit-printf.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ int unit_full_printf(Unit *u, const char *format, char **ret) {
         /* This is similar to unit_name_printf() but also supports
          * unescaping. Also, adds a couple of additional codes:
          *
-         * %f the the instance if set, otherwise the id
+         * %f the instance if set, otherwise the id
          * %c cgroup path of unit
          * %r where units in this slice are placed in the cgroup tree
          * %R the root of this systemd's instance tree