diff --git a/man3/btree.3 b/man3/btree.3
index e3f3de31a..0d566f5ac 100644
--- a/man3/btree.3
+++ b/man3/btree.3
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ The
 flag is overridden by the
 .B R_NOOVERWRITE
 flag, and if the
-.B R_NOOVERWRITE flag
-is specified, attempts to insert duplicate keys into
+.B R_NOOVERWRITE
+flag is specified, attempts to insert duplicate keys into
 the tree will fail.
 .IP
 If the database contains duplicate keys, the order of retrieval of
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ routine is used, however,
 routine calls with the
 .B R_CURSOR
 flag set will always return the logical
-``first'' of any group of duplicate keys.
+"first" of any group of duplicate keys.
 .RE
 .TP
 .I cachesize