diff --git a/man7/standards.7 b/man7/standards.7
index a28d5e3f5..c7abb977a 100644
--- a/man7/standards.7
+++ b/man7/standards.7
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ standardized in POSIX.1-2001.
 
 Two Technical Corrigenda (minor fixes and improvements)
 of the original 2001 standard have occurred:
-TC1 in 2003 (referred to as
+TC1 in 2003 (also known as
 .IR POSIX.1-2003 ),
-and TC2 in 2004 (referred to as
+and TC2 in 2004 (also known as
 .IR POSIX.1-2004 ).
 .TP
 .B POSIX.1-2008, SUSv4
@@ -268,12 +268,12 @@ conforms to POSIX.1-2008, unless otherwise noted.
 
 Technical Corrigendum 1 (minor fixes and improvements)
 of this standard was released in 2013
-(referred to as
+(also known as
 .IR POSIX.1-2013 ).
 
 .\" FIXME . change wording here once standard is released
 Technical Corrigendum 2 of this standard is set to be released in 2016
-(referred to as
+(also known as
 .IR POSIX.1-2016 ).
 
 Further information can be found on the Austin Group web site,