diff --git a/man1/mtrace.1 b/man1/mtrace.1
index bb235bdaa..cc92117c4 100644
--- a/man1/mtrace.1
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@@ -24,32 +24,30 @@
 .SH NAME
 mtrace \- interpret the malloc trace log
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR mtrace " [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIBINARY\fR] \fIMTRACEDATA\fR"
+.BR mtrace " [\fIoption\fR]... [\fIbinary\fR] \fImtracedata\fR"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mtrace
 is a Perl script used to interpret and provide human readable output
-of the trace log created by
-.BR mtrace (3)
-function stored in the
-.B MTRACEDATA
-file.
+of the trace log contained in the file
+.IR mtracedata ,
+whose contents were produced by
+.BR mtrace (3).
 If
-.B BINARY
-is provided, output of
+.I binary
+is provided, the output of
 .B mtrace
-also contains source file name with line number information
-of problem location
+also contains the source file name with line number information
+for problem locations
 (assuming that
-.B BINARY
+.I binary
 was compiled with debugging information).
 
-For more information about
+For more information about the
 .BR mtrace (3)
 function and
 .B mtrace
-script usage, refer to the
-.BR mtrace (3)
-manual page.
+script usage, see
+.BR mtrace (3).
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BI \fB\-\-help