diff --git a/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml b/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml
index 2ab21f0607..1d0042cc9b 100644
--- a/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml
+++ b/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml
@@ -6890,8 +6890,8 @@ node /org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/avahi_2ddaemon_2esocket {
 
     <!--End of Autogenerated section-->
 
-    <para><varname>PollLimitIntervalUSec</varname>/<varname>PollLimitBurst</varname> properties configure the
-    polling limit for the socket unit. Expects a time in µs, resp. an unsigned integer. If either is set to
+    <para>The <varname>PollLimitIntervalUSec</varname> and <varname>PollLimitBurst</varname> properties configure the
+    polling limit for the socket unit. Expects a time in µs and unsigned integer, respectively. If either is set to
     zero the limiting feature is turned off.</para>
 
     <refsect2>
diff --git a/man/userdbctl.xml b/man/userdbctl.xml
index 268da7ac3d..a8bbfe7c7b 100644
--- a/man/userdbctl.xml
+++ b/man/userdbctl.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
         <term><option>--uid-max=</option></term>
 
         <listitem><para>When used with the <command>user</command> or <command>group</command> command,
-        filters the output by UID/GID ranges. Takes numeric minimum resp. maximum UID/GID values. Shows only
+        filters the output by UID/GID ranges. Takes numeric minimum or maximum UID/GID values, respectively. Shows only
         records within the specified range. When applied to the <command>user</command> command matches
         against UIDs, when applied to the <command>group</command> command against GIDs (despite the name of
         the switch). If unspecified defaults to 0 (for the minimum) and 4294967294 (for the maximum), i.e. by
diff --git a/man/varlinkctl.xml b/man/varlinkctl.xml
index 1e0562682f..dd3741aa0b 100644
--- a/man/varlinkctl.xml
+++ b/man/varlinkctl.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
       <literal>./</literal>).</para></listitem>
 
       <listitem><para>A file system path to an executable, either absolute or relative (as above, must begin
-      with <literal>/</literal>, resp. <literal>./</literal>).</para></listitem>
+      with <literal>/</literal> or <literal>./</literal>, respectively).</para></listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </refsect1>