diff --git a/man2/syscalls.2 b/man2/syscalls.2
index 44101471b..0a9af5556 100644
--- a/man2/syscalls.2
+++ b/man2/syscalls.2
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ T}
 \fBexecv\fP(2)	2.0	T{
 SPARC/SPARC64 only, for
 .br
-compatability with SunOS
+compatibility with SunOS
 T}
 \fBexecve\fP(2)	1.0
 \fBexecveat\fP(2)	3.19
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ T}
 \fBnewfstatat\fP(2)	2.6.16	See \fBstat\fP(2)
 \fBnfsservctl\fP(2)	2.2	Removed in 3.1
 \fBnice\fP(2)	1.0
-\fBold_adjtimex\fP(2)	2.0	ALPA only; see NOTES
+\fBold_adjtimex\fP(2)	2.0	Alpha only; see NOTES
 \fBold_getrlimit\fP(2)	2.4	T{
 Old variant of \fBgetrlimit\fP(2)
 .br
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ T}
 \fBsetgroups\fP(2)	1.0
 \fBsetgroups32\fP(2)	2.4
 .\" arch/alpha/include/asm/core_lca.h
-\fBsethae\fP(2)	2.0	Alph only; see NOTES
+\fBsethae\fP(2)	2.0	Alpha only; see NOTES
 \fBsethostname\fP(2)	1.0
 \fBsetitimer\fP(2)	1.0
 \fBsetns\fP(2)	3.0