diff --git a/man2/accept.2 b/man2/accept.2
index 99405b753..0bc5bf77a 100644
--- a/man2/accept.2
+++ b/man2/accept.2
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ implying confirmation.
 Confirmation can be implied by
 a normal read or write on the new file descriptor, and rejection can be
 implied by closing the new socket.
-Currently only
+Currently, only
 DECNet
 has these semantics on Linux.
 
diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
index 2874e1ac8..152bc5cd8 100644
--- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
+++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ VM instances (i.e. have executed a
 ) only measure events happening inside a guest instance.
 This is only meaningful outside the guests; this setting does
 not change counts gathered inside of a guest.
-Currently this functionality is x86 only.
+Currently, this functionality is x86 only.
 .TP
 .IR "exclude_guest" " (since Linux 3.2)"
 .\" commit a240f76165e6255384d4bdb8139895fac7988799
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ VM instances (i.e. have executed a
 ) do not measure events happening inside guest instances.
 This is only meaningful outside the guests; this setting does
 not change counts gathered inside of a guest.
-Currently this functionality is x86 only.
+Currently, this functionality is x86 only.
 .TP
 .IR "exclude_callchain_kernel" " (since Linux 3.7)"
 .\" commit d077526485d5c9b12fe85d0b2b3b7041e6bc5f91
diff --git a/man2/unlink.2 b/man2/unlink.2
index eee4ba60b..467cfacab 100644
--- a/man2/unlink.2
+++ b/man2/unlink.2
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ is ignored.
 is a bit mask that can either be specified as 0, or by ORing
 together flag values that control the operation of
 .BR unlinkat ().
-Currently only one such flag is defined:
+Currently, only one such flag is defined:
 .TP
 .B AT_REMOVEDIR
 By default,
diff --git a/man4/lirc.4 b/man4/lirc.4
index ee71f733e..4bc0510a9 100644
--- a/man4/lirc.4
+++ b/man4/lirc.4
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ drivers, otherwise fail with the error
 .TP
 .BR LIRC_GET_SEND_MODE " (\fIvoid\fP)"
 Return the send mode.
-Currently only
+Currently, only
 .BR LIRC_MODE_PULSE
 is supported.
 .TP
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index b13560025..ca80e0d7e 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ super options: per-superblock options.
 .RE
 .IP
 Parsers should ignore all unrecognized optional fields.
-Currently the possible optional fields are:
+Currently, the possible optional fields are:
 .RS 12
 .TP 18
 shared:X
diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index bef3b1c04..0eae62d63 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ contains bits that describe the event that occurred (see below).
 
 .I cookie
 is a unique integer that connects related events.
-Currently this is used only for rename events, and
+Currently, this is used only for rename events, and
 allows the resulting pair of
 .B IN_MOVED_FROM
 and