diff --git a/man2/membarrier.2 b/man2/membarrier.2
index f65c6be5c..24a24ba86 100644
--- a/man2/membarrier.2
+++ b/man2/membarrier.2
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ is Linux-specific.
 .\" .BR rseq (2)
 .SH NOTES
 A memory barrier instruction is part of the instruction set of
-architectures with weakly-ordered memory models.
+architectures with weakly ordered memory models.
 It orders memory
 accesses prior to the barrier and after the barrier with respect to
 matching barriers on other cores.
diff --git a/man2/openat2.2 b/man2/openat2.2
index ff5204040..3ea50138b 100644
--- a/man2/openat2.2
+++ b/man2/openat2.2
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ as symbolic links are very widely used by end-users.
 Setting this flag indiscriminately\(emi.e.,
 for purposes not specifically related to security\(emfor all uses of
 .BR openat2 ()
-may result in spurious errors on previously-functional systems.
+may result in spurious errors on previously functional systems.
 This may occur if, for example,
 a system pathname that is used by an application is modified
 (e.g., in a new distribution release)
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ as bind mounts are widely used by end-users.
 Setting this flag indiscriminately\(emi.e.,
 for purposes not specifically related to security\(emfor all uses of
 .BR openat2 ()
-may result in spurious errors on previously-functional systems.
+may result in spurious errors on previously functional systems.
 This may occur if, for example,
 a system pathname that is used by an application is modified
 (e.g., in a new distribution release)
diff --git a/man3/insque.3 b/man3/insque.3
index 88c8033f2..153032c86 100644
--- a/man3/insque.3
+++ b/man3/insque.3
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The
 .BR insque ()
 and
 .BR remque ()
-functions manipulate doubly-linked lists.
+functions manipulate doubly linked lists.
 Each element in the list is a structure of
 which the first two elements are a forward and a
 backward pointer.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ call should also point to the element.
 The
 .BR remque ()
 function removes the element pointed to by \fIelem\fP from the
-doubly-linked list.
+doubly linked list.
 .SH ATTRIBUTES
 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
 .BR attributes (7).
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index ac58c789a..77ddd733f 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -4072,7 +4072,7 @@ full; that is, user space is not able to read messages fast enough.
 (8)
 sequence number.
 Every queued packet is associated with a (32-bit)
-monotonically-increasing sequence number.
+monotonically increasing sequence number.
 This shows the ID of the most recent packet queued.
 .RE
 .IP
diff --git a/man5/tzfile.5 b/man5/tzfile.5
index 29c219b44..d701231cf 100644
--- a/man5/tzfile.5
+++ b/man5/tzfile.5
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ design goal has been that a reader can successfully use a TZif
 file even if the file is of a later TZif version than what the
 reader was designed for.
 When complete compatibility was not achieved, an attempt was
-made to limit glitches to rarely-used timestamps, and to allow
+made to limit glitches to rarely used timestamps, and to allow
 simple partial workarounds in writers designed to generate
 new-version data useful even for older-version readers.
 This section attempts to document these compatibility issues and
diff --git a/man7/hier.7 b/man7/hier.7
index b3be5c452..becbc78dc 100644
--- a/man7/hier.7
+++ b/man7/hier.7
@@ -513,10 +513,10 @@ Reserved for historical reasons.
 Data cached for programs.
 .TP
 .I /var/cache/fonts
-Locally-generated fonts (optional).
+Locally generated fonts (optional).
 .TP
 .I /var/cache/man
-Locally-formatted man pages (optional).
+Locally formatted man pages (optional).
 .TP
 .I /var/cache/www
 WWW proxy or cache data (optional).