diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 5430297b3..214ba7de1 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -568,9 +568,9 @@ please write all new pages and patches according to these conventions.
 Aside from the well-known spelling differences,
 there are a few other subtleties to watch for:
 .IP * 3
-American English tends to use the forms "backward" "upward", 'toward",
+American English tends to use the forms "backward", "upward", "toward",
 and so on
-rather than the British forms "backwards", upwards", "towards", and so on.
+rather than the British forms "backwards", "upwards", "towards", and so on.
 .SS BSD version numbers
 The classical scheme for writing BSD version numbers is
 .IR x.yBSD ,