diff --git a/hail.1 b/hail.1
index 81ee8a6224ea7048cff7be0a6ed257e1ccda3195..f337d0a64dcc144d15e87ba644d96bec363c14c5 100644
--- a/hail.1
+++ b/hail.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ select the node which, when chosen as the primary node, gives the best
 score.
 
 For dual\(hynode allocations (mirrored instances), we chose the best
-pair; this is the only choice where the algoritm is non\(hytrivial
+pair; this is the only choice where the algorithm is non\(hytrivial
 with regard to cluster size.
 
 For node evacuations (\fImulti-evacuate\fR mode), we iterate over all
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ tags will be read from the cluster tags, configured as follows:
 - use their suffix as the prefix for exclusion tags
 
 For example, given a cluster tag like \fBhtools:iextags:service\fR,
-all instance tags of the form \fBservice:X\fR will be confidered as
+all instance tags of the form \fBservice:X\fR will be considered as
 exclusion tags, meaning that (e.g.) two instances which both have a
 tag \fBservice:foo\fR will not be placed on the same primary node.
 
diff --git a/hbal.1 b/hbal.1
index 381455b6cfc667a114126e3cf4c328d429381d12..cec86c2f63bf61d03c5e0210ae87307ecf3227a1 100644
--- a/hbal.1
+++ b/hbal.1
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ It is possible to customise the listed information by passing a
 comma\(hyseparated list of field names to this option (the field list
 is currently undocumented), or to extend the default field list by
 prefixing the additional field list with a plus sign. By default, the
-node list will contain these informations:
+node list will contain the following information:
 .RS
 .TP
 .B F
diff --git a/hspace.1 b/hspace.1
index 52e68d57f4723c90ca2009f8ecf7bc3cf9b2c46f..ee168c0419e230846c2a5d591f9067cbf1447cb1 100644
--- a/hspace.1
+++ b/hspace.1
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ example, the cluster might still have 100GiB disk free, but with no
 memory left for instances, we cannot allocate another instance, so in
 effect the disk space is unallocable. Note that the CPUs here
 represent instance virtual CPUs, and in case the \fI--max-cpu\fR
-option hasn't been specified this will be -1.
+option hasn't been specified this will be \-1.
 
 .TP
 .I ALLOC_USAGE
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ It is possible to customise the listed information by passing a
 comma\(hyseparated list of field names to this option (the field list
 is currently undocumented), or to extend the default field list by
 prefixing the additional field list with a plus sign. By default, the
-node list will contain these informations:
+node list will contain the following information:
 .RS
 .TP
 .B F