diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7
index 598f0af59..165f2638a 100644
--- a/man7/fanotify.7
+++ b/man7/fanotify.7
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ Therefore, and for performance reasons, it is recommended to use a larger
 buffer size when reading, for example 4096 bytes.
 .TP
 .I vers
-This field holds a version number for the structures.
+This field holds a version number for the structure.
 It must be compared to
 .B FANOTIFY_METADATA_VERSION
-to verify that the structures at runtime match the structures at compile
-time.
+to verify that the structures returned at runtime match
+the structures defined at compile time.
 In case of a mismatch, the application should abandon trying to use the
 fanotify file descriptor.
 .TP
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ This is an open file descriptor for the object being accessed, or
 if a queue overflow occurred.
 The file descriptor can be used to access the contents of the monitored file or
 directory.
-It has internal the flag
+The
 .B FMODE_NONOTIFY
-set.
+file status flag is set on the corresponding open file description.
 This flag suppresses fanotify event generation.
 Hence, when the receiver of the fanotify event accesses the notified file or
 directory using this file descriptor, no additional events will be created.
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ or
 was closed.
 .TP
 .B FAN_CLOSE_NOWRITE
-A file that was only opened for reading
+A file that was opened read-only
 .RB ( O_RDONLY )
 or a directory was closed.
 .TP
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ A file was closed
 (FAN_CLOSE_WRITE | FAN_CLOSE_NOWRITE).
 .PP
 The following macros are provided to iterate over a buffer containing fanotify
-event metadata returned by
+event metadata returned by a
 .BR read (2)
 from an fanotify file descriptor.
 .TP
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ was specified in the
 .I event_f_flags
 argument when calling
 .BR fanotify_init (2)
-and the event occured for a monitored file that is currently being execuded.
+and the event occurred for a monitored file that is currently being execuded.
 .PP
 In addition to the usual errors for
 .BR write (2),