diff --git a/scripts/FIXME_list.sh b/scripts/FIXME_list.sh
index 22adaff4b..e82380106 100644
--- a/scripts/FIXME_list.sh
+++ b/scripts/FIXME_list.sh
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ while getopts "a" optname; do
     esac
 done
 
-shift $(( OPTIND - 1 ))
+shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 ))
 
 if test $# -eq 0; then
     echo "Usage: $0 [-a] pathname" 1>&2
     exit 1;
 fi
-for dir in "$@"; 
-do
+
+for dir in "$@"; do
     for page in $(find "$dir" -type f -name '*.[1-9]' \
 			-exec grep -l FIXME {} \; | sort)
     do
diff --git a/scripts/add_parens_for_own_funcs.sh b/scripts/add_parens_for_own_funcs.sh
index 25be72960..3d131ff24 100644
--- a/scripts/add_parens_for_own_funcs.sh
+++ b/scripts/add_parens_for_own_funcs.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #               Try to substitute instances of that name on the page.
 #                   (instances are considered to be words formatted
 #		    using ^.[BI] or \f[BI]...\f[PR] -- this script
-#		    ignores unformatted instances on function names.)
+#		    ignores unformatted instances of function names.)
 #           fi
 #       done
 #   done
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ while getopts "n" optname; do
     esac
 done
 
-shift $(( OPTIND - 1 ))
+shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 ))
 
 # Only process files with > 1 line -- single-line files are link files 
 
-for page in $(wc $* 2> /dev/null | awk '$1 > 1 {print $4}'| \
+for page in $(wc "$@" 2> /dev/null | awk '$1 > 1 {print $4}'| \
     grep -v '^total'); do
 
     echo ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>" $page "<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ for page in $(wc $* 2> /dev/null | awk '$1 > 1 {print $4}'| \
 
     sh_nlist=$(cat $page | \
         awk 'BEGIN { p = 0 } 
-             /^\.SH NAME/ { p = NR } 
-	     /^.SH/ && NR > p { p = 0 }	  # Stop at the next .SH directive
-	     p > 0 && NR > p {print $0}	  # These are the lines between
-					  # the two .SH directives
+             /^\.SH NAME/     { p = NR } 
+	     /^.SH/ && NR > p { p = 0 }	    # Stop at the next .SH directive
+	     p > 0 && NR > p  { print $0 }  # These are the lines between
+					    # the two .SH directives
 	    ')
     sh_nlist=$(echo $sh_nlist | sed -e 's/ *\\-.*//' -e 's/, */ /g')
     echo "### .SH name list:" $sh_nlist
diff --git a/scripts/find_dots_no_parens.sh b/scripts/find_dots_no_parens.sh
index b30c7d527..f772305cf 100644
--- a/scripts/find_dots_no_parens.sh
+++ b/scripts/find_dots_no_parens.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ rm -f $awk_script_file
 
 # We grep out a few page names that are likely to generate false 
 # positives...
+
 echo '{' >> $awk_script_file
 echo '    myvar = $2;' >> $awk_script_file
 echo '    gsub("[^a-z_0-9]*$", "", myvar);' >> $awk_script_file
diff --git a/scripts/unformat_parens.sh b/scripts/unformat_parens.sh
index ab2352be7..977994d23 100644
--- a/scripts/unformat_parens.sh
+++ b/scripts/unformat_parens.sh
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ while getopts "n" optname; do
     esac
 done
 
-shift $(( OPTIND - 1 ))
+shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 ))
 
 # Only process files with > 1 line -- single-line files are link files 
 
-for page in $(wc $* 2> /dev/null | awk '$1 > 1 {print $4}'| \
+for page in $(wc "$@" 2> /dev/null | awk '$1 > 1 {print $4}'| \
     grep -v '^total'); do
 
     cp $page $work_dst_file