diff --git a/man8/ldconfig.8 b/man8/ldconfig.8
index 822a885cc..8b3ad6077 100644
--- a/man8/ldconfig.8
+++ b/man8/ldconfig.8
@@ -80,21 +80,21 @@ checks the header and filenames of the libraries it encounters when
 determining which versions should have their links updated.
 .PP
 .B ldconfig
-will attempt to deduce the type of ELF libs (i.e., libc5 or libc6/glibc)
-based on what C libs, if any, the library was linked against.
+will attempt to deduce the type of ELF libraries (i.e., libc5 or libc6/glibc)
+based on what C libraries, if any, the library was linked against.
 .\" The following sentence looks suspect
 .\" (perhaps historical cruft) -- MTK, Jul 2005
 .\" Therefore, when making dynamic libraries,
 .\" it is wise to explicitly link against libc (use \-lc).
 .PP
-Some existing libs do not contain enough information to allow the deduction of
-their type.
+Some existing libraries do not contain enough information
+to allow the deduction of their type.
 Therefore, the
 .I /etc/ld.so.conf
 file format allows the specification of an expected type.
 This is used
 .I only
-for those ELF libs which we can not work out.
+for those ELF libraries which we can not work out.
 The format
 is "dirname=TYPE", where TYPE can be libc4, libc5, or libc6.
 (This syntax also works on the command line.)