diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7
index ae57ce379..0698c64fd 100644
--- a/man7/bootparam.7
+++ b/man7/bootparam.7
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ will clear the counters.
 .BR CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM .)
 In general it is a bad idea to use a ramdisk under Linux\(emthe
 system will use available memory more efficiently itself.
-But while booting (or while constructing boot floppies)
+But while booting,
 it is often useful to load the floppy contents into a
 ramdisk.
 One might also have a system in which first
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ Earlier, the memory was allocated statically, and there was
 a 'ramdisk=N' parameter to tell its size.
 (This could also be set in the kernel image at compile time.)
 These days ram disks use the buffer cache, and grow dynamically.
-For a lot of information in conjunction with the new ramdisk
+For a lot of information on the current ramdisk
 setup, see the kernel source file
 .IR Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
 .RI ( Documentation/ramdisk.txt