diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
index 153ec9fa28..b116834fb8 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ sectors/track: 63</screen>
             controlled by the <quote>passwd_format</quote> login capability
             in <filename>/etc/login.conf</filename>, which takes values of
             either <quote>des</quote> (if available) or <quote>md5</quote>.
-            See the &man.login.conf.5; manpage for more information about login
+            See the &man.login.conf.5; manual page for more information about login
             capabilities.</para>
         </answer>
       </qandaentry>
@@ -2909,7 +2909,7 @@ diff -u -r1.60.2.1 -r1.60.2.2
               <para>This is only for sound!  This driver does not support
                 CDROMs, SCSI or joysticks on these cards, except for the
                 SoundBlaster. The SoundBlaster SCSI interface and some
-                non-SCSI CDROMS are supported, but you cannot boot off this
+                non-SCSI CDROMs are supported, but you cannot boot off this
                 device.</para>
              </note>
         </answer>
@@ -3283,7 +3283,7 @@ ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld):  1</programlisting>
             one is the BIOS chip and the other is the Firmware chip.
             FreeBSD does not care what version of BIOS chip you have but it
             does care about what version of firmware chip. Buslogic will
-            send upgrade ROMS out if you call their tech support dept. The
+            send upgrade ROMs out if you call their tech support dept. The
             BIOS and Firmware chips are shipped as a matched pair. You must
             have the most current Firmware ROM in your adapter card for
             your hardware revision.</para>
@@ -4397,7 +4397,7 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -&gt; i8254</screen>
             least expensive ELF Motif 2.1.20 distribution for FreeBSD
             (either i386 or Alpha).<anchor id="apps2go"></para>
 
-          <para>There are two distributions, the <quote>developement
+          <para>There are two distributions, the <quote>development
             edition</quote> and the <quote>runtime edition</quote> (for
             much less).  These distributions includes:</para>
 
@@ -4934,7 +4934,7 @@ crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   41,   1 Oct 15 22:14 spx</screen>
           <para>If you want to install the latest compat22 libraries
             whenever you run <command>make world</command>, edit
             <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename> to include
-            <varname>COMPAT22=YES</varname>.  Old compatability
+            <varname>COMPAT22=YES</varname>.  Old compatibility
             libraries change rarely, if ever, so this is not generally
             needed.</para>
 
@@ -5347,7 +5347,7 @@ device sio5 at isa? port 0x2b8 tty flags 0x501 vector siointr</programlisting>
 
           <para><anchor id="dedicate">The installation procedure allows
             you to chose two different methods in partitioning your
-            harddisk(s). The default way makes it compatible with other
+            hard disk(s). The default way makes it compatible with other
             operating systems on the same machine, by using fdisk table
             entries (called <quote>slices</quote> in FreeBSD), with a
             FreeBSD slice that employs partitions of its own. Optionally,
@@ -5363,8 +5363,8 @@ device sio5 at isa? port 0x2b8 tty flags 0x501 vector siointr</programlisting>
             in contact with such a disk, or even worse, they might damage
             the BSD bootstrap without even asking or notifying you. In
             addition, the <quote>dangerously dedicated</quote> disk's
-            layout is known to confuse many BIOSsen, including those from
-            AWARD (eg. as found in HP Netserver and Micronics systems as
+            layout is known to confuse many BIOSes, including those from
+            AWARD (e.g. as found in HP Netserver and Micronics systems as
             well as many others) and Symbios/NCR (for the popular 53C8xx
             range of SCSI controllers). This is not a complete list, there
             are more. Symptoms of this confusion include the <errorname>read
@@ -6702,7 +6702,7 @@ define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`deferred')dnl</programlisting>
             already, with <filename role="package">mail/exim</filename>,
             <filename role="package">mail/postfix</filename>, <filename role="package">mail/qmail</filename>,
             <filename role="package">mail/zmailer</filename>, being some of the most popular
-            choises.</para>
+            choices.</para>
 
           <para>Diversity is nice, and the fact that you have many
             different mail-servers to chose from is considered a
@@ -7801,7 +7801,7 @@ ttyvb   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  off secure</programlisting>
             or from a <filename>X.sh</filename> script in
             <filename>/usr/local/etc/rc.d</filename>. Both are equally
             valid, and one may work in situations where the other does not.
-            In both cases the result is the same: X will popup a graphical
+            In both cases the result is the same: X will pop up a graphical
             login: prompt.</para>
 
           <para>The ttys method has the advantage of documenting which
@@ -10240,7 +10240,7 @@ sio1: type 16550A</programlisting>
             from the <devicename>ttyd<replaceable>X</replaceable></devicename> device. Also, the
             <devicename>cuaa<replaceable>X</replaceable></devicename> device does not care about carrier
             detect. With this scheme and an auto-answer modem, you can have
-            remote users log in and you can still dialout with the same
+            remote users log in and you can still dial out with the same
             modem and the system will take care of all the
             conflicts.</para>
         </answer>
@@ -11366,7 +11366,7 @@ raisechar=^^</programlisting>
 
             <para>It is a long story, or rather it is an old story, but
               it is quite short actually.  C. Northcote Parkinson wrote
-              a book in the early 1960'ies, called <quote>Parkinson's
+              a book in the early 1960s, called <quote>Parkinson's
               Law</quote>, which contains a lot of insight into the
               dynamics of management.</para>