diff --git a/man2/sigaction.2 b/man2/sigaction.2
index 15a5bf06c..96eecf6bb 100644
--- a/man2/sigaction.2
+++ b/man2/sigaction.2
@@ -304,10 +304,10 @@ The
 .I si_utime
 and
 .I si_stime
-fields do not include the times used by waited for children (unlike
+fields do not include the times used by waited-for children (unlike
 .BR getrusage (2)
 and
-.BR time (2).
+.BR time (2)).
 In kernels up to 2.6, and since 2.6.27, these fields report
 CPU time in units of
 .IR sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) .
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ of the (configurable) system jiffy (see
 .\" http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/698061/ .
 .\" This patch made it into 2.6.27.
 .\" But note that these fields still don't return the times of
-.\" waited for children (as is done by getrusage() and times()
+.\" waited-for children (as is done by getrusage() and times()
 .\" and wait4()).  Solaris 8 does include child times.
 .IP *
 .IR si_int " and " si_ptr