english(4) police.

diff --git a/adduser/adduser.8 b/adduser/adduser.8
index 4af1ef7c38d6560bfce19913f365ad2a783ef8d5..3ae61b4fe4aee8c9115b0336c9f662ade07045e5 100644 (file)
--- a/adduser/adduser.8
+++ b/adduser/adduser.8
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ the user's full name.
 Additionally, it may contain a comma separated
 list of values such as office number and work and home phones.
 If the
-name contains an amperstand it will be replaced by the capitalized
+name contains an ampersand it will be replaced by the capitalized
 login name when displayed by other programs.
 The
 .Ql \&:
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ argument may have one of the following values:
 .Bl -tag -width ".Cm random"
 .It Cm no
 Disable the password.
-Instead of an encrypted string, the passowrd field will contain a single
+Instead of an encrypted string, the password field will contain a single
 .Ql *
 character.
 The user may not log in until the super-user
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ option is used with a
 or
 .Cm none
 argument.
-Be carefull not to terminate this field with a closing
+Be careful not to terminate this field with a closing
 .Ql \&:
 because it will be treated as part of the password.
 .El
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ each line of the message file.
 This means that shell commands can also be embedded in the message file.
 The
 .Nm
-utility attemps to mitigate the possibility of an attacker using this
+utility attempts to mitigate the possibility of an attacker using this
 feature by refusing to evaluate the file if it is not owned and writeable
 only by the root user.
 In addition, shell special characters and operators will have to be

diff --git a/adduser/rmuser.8 b/adduser/rmuser.8
index f21678875d1e3320a133c38284c57060f2971346..32f7b4959dd07768c42c2021b1708fb1369136be 100644 (file)
--- a/adduser/rmuser.8
+++ b/adduser/rmuser.8
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ prompts on whether to remove the specified user and whether to remove
 the home directory.
 This option requires that either the
 .Fl f
-option be used, or one or more user names be given as commmand line
+option be used, or one or more user names be given as command line
 arguments.
 .It Ar username
 Identifies one or more users to be removed; if not present,