diff --git a/man3/getsubopt.3 b/man3/getsubopt.3
index b8f96f0f5..e34ab33f7 100644
--- a/man3/getsubopt.3
+++ b/man3/getsubopt.3
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ overwrites any commas it finds in the string
 .RI * optionp ,
 that string must be writable; it cannot be a string constant.
 .SH EXAMPLE
-The following program excepts suboptions following a "\-o" option.
+The following program expects suboptions following a "\-o" option.
 
 .nf
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500
diff --git a/man3/mbrtowc.3 b/man3/mbrtowc.3
index c1ca55bf9..44e75941f 100644
--- a/man3/mbrtowc.3
+++ b/man3/mbrtowc.3
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ A different case is when \fIs\fP is not NULL but \fIpwc\fP is NULL.
 In this
 case the
 .BR mbrtowc ()
-function behaves as above, excepts that it does not
+function behaves as above, except that it does not
 store the converted wide character in memory.
 .PP
 A third case is when \fIs\fP is NULL.
diff --git a/man3/mbtowc.3 b/man3/mbtowc.3
index da3fee88e..2dc9767fa 100644
--- a/man3/mbtowc.3
+++ b/man3/mbtowc.3
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ A different case is when \fIs\fP is not NULL but \fIpwc\fP is NULL.
 In this
 case the
 .BR mbtowc ()
-function behaves as above, excepts that it does not
+function behaves as above, except that it does not
 store the converted wide character in memory.
 .PP
 A third case is when \fIs\fP is NULL.