diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index 80f57a541..57723ba86 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ and
 .B \-\-preload
 (see below), and
 .IP o 3
-in the file name arguments to the
+in the filename arguments to the
 .BR dlopen (3)
 and
 .BR dlmopen (3)
 functions.
 .PP
-The substituted tokens are as follows.
+The substituted tokens are as follows:
 .TP
 .IR $ORIGIN " (or equivalently " ${ORIGIN} )
 This expands to
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ value in the auxiliary vector (see
 .\" Don't do this!!
 .PP
 Note that the dynamic string tokens have to be quoted properly when
-set from a shell, to prevent their expension as environment variables.
+set from a shell,
+to prevent their expansion as shell or environment variables.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BI \-\-audit " list"