diff --git a/man2/stat.2 b/man2/stat.2
index f64c798df..bbdec70e0 100644
--- a/man2/stat.2
+++ b/man2/stat.2
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ field:
 .RS
 .TS
 lB l l.
-S_IFMT	0170000	bitmask for the file type bitfields
+S_IFMT	0170000	bitmask for the file type bit fields
 S_IFSOCK	0140000	socket
 S_IFLNK	0120000	symbolic link
 S_IFREG	0100000	regular file
diff --git a/man3/xcrypt.3 b/man3/xcrypt.3
index a2d69c5f0..cc292236f 100644
--- a/man3/xcrypt.3
+++ b/man3/xcrypt.3
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\"  Copyright 2003 walter harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
 .\"  Distributed under GPL
 .\"  this is the 3rd type of interface for cryptographic routines
-.\"  1. encrypt() expects a bitfield
+.\"  1. encrypt() expects a bit field
 .\"  2. cbc_crypt() byte values
 .\"  3. xencrypt() a hexstring
 .\"  to bad to be true :(