diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index 471c8350e..2f8f9ddcf 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -166,14 +166,14 @@ environment variable setting (see below).
 .BI \-\-inhibit\-rpath " list"
 Ignore RPATH and RUNPATH information in object names in
 .IR list .
-This option is ignored if when running in secure-execution mode (see below).
+This option is ignored when running in secure-execution mode (see below).
 .TP
 .BI \-\-audit " list"
 Use objects named in
 .I list
 as auditors.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
-Various environment variable influence the operation of the dynamic linker.
+Various environment variables influence the operation of the dynamic linker.
 .\"
 .SS Secure-execution mode
 For security reasons,
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ The items in the list are separated by either colons or semicolons.
 Similar to the
 .B PATH
 environment variable.
-This variable is ignore in secure-execution mode.
+This variable is ignored in secure-execution mode.
 .TP
 .B LD_PRELOAD
 A list of additional, user-specified, ELF shared
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Allow weak symbols to be overridden (reverting to old glibc behavior).
 .\"     From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
 .\"     Date: 07 Jun 2000 20:08:12 -0700
 .\"     Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
-For security reasons, since glibc 2.3.4,
+Since glibc 2.3.4,
 .B LD_DYNAMIC_WEAK
 is ignored in secure-execution mode.
 .TP