diff --git a/man1/chgrp.1 b/man1/chgrp.1
index 131eedb61..c83f79198 100644
--- a/man1/chgrp.1
+++ b/man1/chgrp.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ chgrp \- change group ownership of files
 POSIX options:
 .B "[\-R] [\-\-]"
 .sp
-POSIX 1003.1-2001 options:
+POSIX.1-2001 options:
 .B [\-hHLPR]
 .sp
 GNU group denotation:
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning. For an XSI-conforming system: NLSPATH has the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2 only requires the \-R option. Use of other options
+POSIX.2 only requires the \-R option. Use of other options
 may not be portable.
 .SH NOTES
 This page describes
diff --git a/man1/chmod.1 b/man1/chmod.1
index ebd98d090..a68796e0d 100644
--- a/man1/chmod.1
+++ b/man1/chmod.1
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning. For an XSI-conforming system: NLSPATH has the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2 only requires the \-R option. Use of other options
+POSIX.2 only requires the \-R option. Use of other options
 may not be portable. This standard does not describe the 't' permission
 bit. This standard does not specify whether \fBchmod\fP must preserve
 consistency by clearing or refusing to set the set-user-ID and set-group-ID
diff --git a/man1/chown.1 b/man1/chown.1
index 02c89b406..d24990782 100644
--- a/man1/chown.1
+++ b/man1/chown.1
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Terminate option list.
 The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2 does not allow use of the dot as separator
+POSIX.2 does not allow use of the dot as separator
 between user name and group name.
 .SH NOTES
 This page describes
diff --git a/man1/cp.1 b/man1/cp.1
index e069fa0ab..165314d93 100644
--- a/man1/cp.1
+++ b/man1/cp.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cp \- copy files and directories
 POSIX options:
 .B "[\-fiprR] [\-\-]"
 .sp
-Additional POSIX 1003.1-2003 options:
+Additional POSIX.1-2001 options:
 .B "[\-HLP]
 .sp
 GNU file-utils 4.0 options (shortest form):
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ is not forbidden.)
 .B "\-\-"
 Terminate option list.
 .SH "ADDITIONAL POSIX 2003 OPTIONS"
-POSIX 1003.1-2003 adds three options that specify how to handle
+POSIX.1-2001 adds three options that specify how to handle
 symbolic links. When doing a non-recursive copy, symbolic links
 are followed. When doing a recursive copy using the \-r option,
 the results are implementation-defined. When doing a recursive
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning. For the GNU version, the variables SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX
 and VERSION_CONTROL control backup file naming, as described above.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2
+POSIX.2
 .SH NOTES
 This page describes
 .B cp
diff --git a/man1/dd.1 b/man1/dd.1
index 31dd3e51c..8388bda29 100644
--- a/man1/dd.1
+++ b/man1/dd.1
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Change lowercase letters to uppercase.
 Swap every pair of input bytes.
 If an odd number of bytes are read the last byte
 is simply copied (since there is nothing to swap it with).
-[POSIX 1003.2b, PASC interpretations 1003.2 #3 and #4]
+[POSIX.2b, PASC interpretations 1003.2 #3 and #4]
 .TP
 .B noerror
 Continue after read errors.
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Terminate option list.
 The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2
+POSIX.2
 .SH EXAMPLE
 Often a tape drive will not accept arbitrarily sized blocks, and
 .B dd
diff --git a/man1/df.1 b/man1/df.1
index 6b4c0af5c..9ca521712 100644
--- a/man1/df.1
+++ b/man1/df.1
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ unless overridden by \-k or \-m options.
 The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2
+POSIX.2
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR mount (8)
 .SH NOTES
diff --git a/man1/du.1 b/man1/du.1
index 152b153a0..1d4c1a99e 100644
--- a/man1/du.1
+++ b/man1/du.1
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ unless overridden by \-k or \-m options.
 The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2
+POSIX.2
 .SH NOTES
 This page describes
 .B du
diff --git a/man1/ln.1 b/man1/ln.1
index b0b5b6955..901817ffc 100644
--- a/man1/ln.1
+++ b/man1/ln.1
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ Terminate option list.
 The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2. However, POSIX 1003.2 (1996) does not discuss soft links.
+POSIX.2. 
+However, POSIX.2 (1996) does not discuss soft links.
 Soft links were introduced by BSD, and do not occur in System V release 3
 (and older) systems.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
diff --git a/man1/ls.1 b/man1/ls.1
index a32d1b774..f9105f5b8 100644
--- a/man1/ls.1
+++ b/man1/ls.1
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ systems. This is due to a flaw in HP-UX; it also affects the HP-UX
 .B ls
 program.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2
+POSIX.2
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR dircolors (1)
 .SH NOTES
diff --git a/man1/mkdir.1 b/man1/mkdir.1
index d696cf35e..0c2940d3f 100644
--- a/man1/mkdir.1
+++ b/man1/mkdir.1
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Terminate option list.
 The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2
+POSIX.2
 .SH NOTES
 This page describes
 .B mkdir
diff --git a/man1/mkfifo.1 b/man1/mkfifo.1
index c4912d91b..708eaf3fc 100644
--- a/man1/mkfifo.1
+++ b/man1/mkfifo.1
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Terminate option list.
 The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2
+POSIX.2
 .SH NOTES
 This page describes
 .B mkfifo
diff --git a/man1/mv.1 b/man1/mv.1
index 97c97f5a8..bd85a06d1 100644
--- a/man1/mv.1
+++ b/man1/mv.1
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning. For the GNU version, the variables SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX
 and VERSION_CONTROL control backup file naming, as described above.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2, except that directory hierarchies cannot be moved
+POSIX.2, except that directory hierarchies cannot be moved
 across filesystems.
 .SH NOTES
 This page describes
diff --git a/man1/rm.1 b/man1/rm.1
index bc7848a47..898643d92 100644
--- a/man1/rm.1
+++ b/man1/rm.1
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Terminate option list.
 The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2, except for the limitation on file hierarchy depth.
+POSIX.2, except for the limitation on file hierarchy depth.
 .SH NOTES
 This page describes
 .B rm
diff --git a/man1/rmdir.1 b/man1/rmdir.1
index b12e6cff5..a8ddbe51b 100644
--- a/man1/rmdir.1
+++ b/man1/rmdir.1
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Terminate option list.
 The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2
+POSIX.2
 .SH "EXAMPLE OF USE"
 The command `\fIrmdir foo\fP' will remove the directory \fIfoo\fP
 if it is empty. To remove a nonempty directory, together with everything
diff --git a/man1/touch.1 b/man1/touch.1
index c86a4fcb1..bc34c3456 100644
--- a/man1/touch.1
+++ b/man1/touch.1
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ The variable TZ is used to interpret explicitly given times.
 The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
 usual meaning.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
-POSIX 1003.2 describes a syntax for the argument of the \-t option
+POSIX.2 describes a syntax for the argument of the \-t option
 that differs from that used by the GNU implementation.
 .SH "EXAMPLE OF USE"
 The command `\fItouch foo\fP' will create the file \fIfoo\fP