diff --git a/man4/loop.4 b/man4/loop.4
index 86a7fa041..fc41668b5 100644
--- a/man4/loop.4
+++ b/man4/loop.4
@@ -206,20 +206,22 @@ In addition to doing what
 .BR LOOP_SET_STATUS
 can do,
 .BR LOOP_CONFIGURE
-can also be used to the following:
+can also be used to do the following:
 .RS
 .IP * 2
-Set the correct block size immediately by setting
-.IR loop_config.block_size.
+set the correct block size immediately by setting
+.IR loop_config.block_size ;
 .IP *
-Explicitly request direct I/O mode by setting
+explicitly request direct I/O mode by setting
 .BR LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO
-in loop_config.info.lo_flags.
+in
+.IR loop_config.info.lo_flags ;
+and
 .IP *
-Explicitly request read-only mode by setting
+Eeplicitly request read-only mode by setting
 .BR LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY
 in
-.IR loop_config.info.lo_flags.
+.IR loop_config.info.lo_flags .
 .RE
 .PP
 Since Linux 2.6, there are two new