diff --git a/man5/tzfile.5 b/man5/tzfile.5
index 8b4af8b2a..115cdc126 100644
--- a/man5/tzfile.5
+++ b/man5/tzfile.5
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH TZFILE 5 2017-08-04 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-tzfile \- time zone information
+tzfile \- timezone information
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .ie '\(lq'' .ds lq \&"\"
 .el .ds lq \(lq\"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tzfile \- time zone information
 .de q
 \\$3\*(lq\\$1\*(rq\\$2
 ..
-The time zone information files used by
+The timezone information files used by
 .BR tzset (3)
 are typically found under a directory with a name like
 .IR /usr/share/zoneinfo .
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ These files begin with a 44-byte header containing the following fields:
 .IP * 2
 The magic four-byte ASCII sequence
 .q "TZif"
-identifies the file as a time zone information file.
+identifies the file as a timezone information file.
 .IP *
 A byte identifying the version of the file's format
 (as of 2017, either an ASCII NUL, or
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The number of local time types for which data entries are stored
 in the file (must not be zero).
 .TP
 .I tzh_charcnt
-The number of bytes of time zone abbreviation strings
+The number of bytes of timezone abbreviation strings
 stored in the file.
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ should be set by
 .BR localtime (3)
 and
 .I tt_abbrind
-serves as an index into the array of time zone abbreviation bytes
+serves as an index into the array of timezone abbreviation bytes
 that follow the
 .I ttinfo
 structure(s) in the file.
@@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ transitions always separated by at least 28 days minus 1 second.
 standard/wall indicators, each stored as a one-byte value;
 they tell whether the transition times associated with local time types
 were specified as standard time or wall clock time,
-and are used when a time zone file is used in handling POSIX-style
-time zone environment variables.
+and are used when a timezone file is used in handling POSIX-style
+timezone environment variables.
 .IP *
 .I tzh_ttisgmtcnt
 UT/local indicators, each stored as a one-byte value;
 they tell whether the transition times associated with local time types
 were specified as UT or local time,
-and are used when a time zone file is used in handling POSIX-style
-time zone environment variables.
+and are used when a timezone file is used in handling POSIX-style
+timezone environment variables.
 .PP
 The
 .BR localtime (3)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ if either
 is zero or the time argument is less than the first transition time recorded
 in the file.
 .SS Version 2 format
-For version-2-format time zone files,
+For version-2-format timezone files,
 the above header and data are followed by a second header and data,
 identical in format except that
 eight bytes are used for each transition time or leap second time.
@@ -176,12 +176,13 @@ type must specify a daylight-saving time abbreviated
 .q "WEST"
 that is one hour east of UT.
 .SS Version 3 format
-For version-3-format time zone files, the POSIX-TZ-style string may
+For version-3-format timezone files, the POSIX-TZ-style string may
 use two minor extensions to the POSIX TZ format, as described in
 .IR newtzset (3).
 First, the hours part of its transition times may be signed and range from
 \-167 through 167 instead of the POSIX-required unsigned values
-from 0 through 24.  Second, DST is in effect all year if it starts
+from 0 through 24.
+Second, DST is in effect all year if it starts
 January 1 at 00:00 and ends December 31 at 24:00 plus the difference
 between daylight saving and standard time.
 .PP