diff --git a/man2/getcpu.2 b/man2/getcpu.2
index 0fc9b414a..dcec3419e 100644
--- a/man2/getcpu.2
+++ b/man2/getcpu.2
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Arguments point outside the calling process's address space.
 was added in kernel 2.6.19 for x86_64 and i386.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 .BR getcpu ()
-is Linux specific.
+is Linux-specific.
 .SH NOTES
 Linux makes a best effort to make this call as fast possible.
 The intention of
diff --git a/man2/getunwind.2 b/man2/getunwind.2
index ba47bdcc3..83ffc093c 100644
--- a/man2/getunwind.2
+++ b/man2/getunwind.2
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if the unwind info can't be stored in the space specified by
 .SH VERSIONS
 This system call is available since Linux 2.4.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
-This system call is Linux specific,
+This system call is Linux-specific,
 and is available only on the IA-64 architecture.
 .SH NOTES
 This system call has been deprecated.
diff --git a/man2/kcmp.2 b/man2/kcmp.2
index 59dd4d188..60df7d11a 100644
--- a/man2/kcmp.2
+++ b/man2/kcmp.2
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ The
 system call first appeared in Linux 3.5.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 .BR kcmp ()
-is Linux specific and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.
+is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.
 .SH NOTES
 Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
 .BR syscall (2).
diff --git a/man2/mmap.2 b/man2/mmap.2
index dd09a1265..c0fd32133 100644
--- a/man2/mmap.2
+++ b/man2/mmap.2
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ is defined.
 .BR _GNU_SOURCE
 also suffices,
 and requiring that macro specifically would have been more logical,
-since these flags are all Linux specific.)
+since these flags are all Linux-specific.)
 The relevant flags are:
 .BR MAP_32BIT ,
 .BR MAP_ANONYMOUS
diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
index dbc004df7..aea239680 100644
--- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
+++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ Branch not in transactional memory transaction.
 .TP
 .IR "sample_regs_user" " (Since Linux 3.7)"
 This bit mask defines the set of user CPU registers to dump on samples.
-The layout of the register mask is architecture specific and
+The layout of the register mask is architecture-specific and
 described in the kernel header
 .IR arch/ARCH/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h .
 .TP
diff --git a/man2/perfmonctl.2 b/man2/perfmonctl.2
index a8a37b5fa..6207108a7 100644
--- a/man2/perfmonctl.2
+++ b/man2/perfmonctl.2
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ is set to indicate the cause of the error.
 is available since Linux 2.4.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 .BR perfmonctl ()
-is Linux specific and is available only on the IA-64 architecture.
+is Linux-specific and is available only on the IA-64 architecture.
 .SH NOTES
 Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
 .BR syscall (2).
diff --git a/man2/quotactl.2 b/man2/quotactl.2
index 0a1518dd8..0afa795f4 100644
--- a/man2/quotactl.2
+++ b/man2/quotactl.2
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ This operation requires privilege
 .B Q_XGETQSTAT
 Returns an
 .I fs_quota_stat
-structure containing XFS filesystem specific quota information.
+structure containing XFS filesystem-specific quota information.
 This is useful for finding out how much space is used to store quota
 information, and also to get quotaon/off status of a given local XFS
 filesystem.
diff --git a/man2/restart_syscall.2 b/man2/restart_syscall.2
index 89584766e..9d69fb516 100644
--- a/man2/restart_syscall.2
+++ b/man2/restart_syscall.2
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The
 .BR restart_syscall ()
 system call is present since Linux 2.6.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
-This system call is Linux specific.
+This system call is Linux-specific.
 .SH NOTES
 There is no glibc wrapper for this system call,
 because it is intended for use only by the kernel and
diff --git a/man3/btree.3 b/man3/btree.3
index ef657b726..2c40bcb5b 100644
--- a/man3/btree.3
+++ b/man3/btree.3
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ is the library interface to database files.
 One of the supported file formats is btree files.
 The general description of the database access methods is in
 .BR dbopen (3),
-this manual page describes only the btree specific information.
+this manual page describes only the btree-specific information.
 .PP
 The btree data structure is a sorted, balanced tree structure storing
 associated key/data pairs.
 .PP
-The btree access method specific data structure provided to
+The btree access-method-specific data structure provided to
 .BR dbopen (3)
 is defined in the
 .I <db.h>
diff --git a/man3/dbopen.3 b/man3/dbopen.3
index 88bd7d616..b76b7debb 100644
--- a/man3/dbopen.3
+++ b/man3/dbopen.3
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The btree format is a representation of a sorted, balanced tree structure.
 The hashed format is an extensible, dynamic hashing scheme.
 The flat-file format is a byte stream file with fixed or variable length
 records.
-The formats and file format specific information are described in detail
+The formats and file-format-specific information are described in detail
 in their respective manual pages
 .BR btree (3),
 .BR hash (3)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ or
 .PP
 The
 .I openinfo
-argument is a pointer to an access method specific structure described
+argument is a pointer to an access-method-specific structure described
 in the access method's manual page.
 If
 .I openinfo
diff --git a/man3/hash.3 b/man3/hash.3
index 8a79230dd..8687db496 100644
--- a/man3/hash.3
+++ b/man3/hash.3
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ is the library interface to database files.
 One of the supported file formats is hash files.
 The general description of the database access methods is in
 .BR dbopen (3),
-this manual page describes only the hash specific information.
+this manual page describes only the hash-specific information.
 .PP
 The hash data structure is an extensible, dynamic hashing scheme.
 .PP
-The access method specific data structure provided to
+The access-method-specific data structure provided to
 .BR dbopen (3)
 is defined in the
 .I <db.h>
diff --git a/man3/recno.3 b/man3/recno.3
index be94f47ca..9ce5e0994 100644
--- a/man3/recno.3
+++ b/man3/recno.3
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ is the library interface to database files.
 One of the supported file formats is record number files.
 The general description of the database access methods is in
 .BR dbopen (3),
-this manual page describes only the recno specific information.
+this manual page describes only the recno-specific information.
 .PP
 The record number data structure is either variable or fixed-length
 records stored in a flat-file format, accessed by the logical record
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ record number five to be renumbered to record number four, as well
 as the cursor, if positioned after record number one, to shift down
 one record.
 .PP
-The recno access method specific data structure provided to
+The recno access-method-specific data structure provided to
 .BR dbopen (3)
 is defined in the
 .I <db.h>
diff --git a/man3/sched_getcpu.3 b/man3/sched_getcpu.3
index 2e05504bf..aeaf8d7f1 100644
--- a/man3/sched_getcpu.3
+++ b/man3/sched_getcpu.3
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ This kernel does not implement
 This function is available since glibc 2.6.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 .BR sched_getcpu ()
-is glibc specific.
+is glibc-specific.
 .SH NOTES
 The call
 .in +4n
diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5
index d6a59e8be..7fed2167f 100644
--- a/man5/elf.5
+++ b/man5/elf.5
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ The attribute type used is
 This section holds the global offset table.
 This section is of type
 .BR SHT_PROGBITS .
-The attributes are processor specific.
+The attributes are processor-specific.
 .TP
 .IR .hash
 This section holds a symbol hash table.
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ executable stack.
 This section holds the procedure linkage table.
 This section is of type
 .BR SHT_PROGBITS .
-The attributes are processor specific.
+The attributes are processor-specific.
 .TP
 .IR .relNAME
 This section holds relocation information as described below.
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ the storage unit affected by the relocation.
 This member gives both the symbol table index with respect to which the
 relocation must be made and the type of relocation to apply.
 Relocation
-types are processor specific.
+types are processor-specific.
 When the text refers to a relocation
 entry's relocation type or symbol table index, it means the result of
 applying
diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7
index 1bbf0ee4c..e54ed3f49 100644
--- a/man7/bootparam.7
+++ b/man7/bootparam.7
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Check the manual page for the version of
 .BR init (1)
 installed on
 your system to see what arguments it accepts.
-.SS General non-device specific boot arguments
+.SS General non-device-specific boot arguments
 .TP
 .B "'init=...'"
 This sets the initial command to be executed by the kernel.
diff --git a/man7/hier.7 b/man7/hier.7
index ee5b54639..723bbf989 100644
--- a/man7/hier.7
+++ b/man7/hier.7
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ symbolic link to
 This contains information which may change from system release to
 system release and used to be a symbolic link to
 .I /usr/src/linux/include/linux
-to get at operating system specific information.
+to get at operating-system-specific information.
 
 (Note that one should have include files there that work correctly with
 the current libc and in user space.
diff --git a/man7/netdevice.7 b/man7/netdevice.7
index 42e43be73..2038b8e9b 100644
--- a/man7/netdevice.7
+++ b/man7/netdevice.7
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ Strictly speaking,
 and the other ioctls that accept or return only
 .B AF_INET
 socket addresses,
-are IP specific and belong in
+are IP-specific and belong in
 .BR ip (7).
 .LP
 The names of interfaces with no addresses or that don't have the
diff --git a/man7/rtnetlink.7 b/man7/rtnetlink.7
index 57b1f759f..376b22c50 100644
--- a/man7/rtnetlink.7
+++ b/man7/rtnetlink.7
@@ -444,11 +444,11 @@ TCA_UNSPEC:-:unspecified
 TCA_KIND:asciiz string:Name of queueing discipline
 TCA_OPTIONS:byte sequence:Qdisc-specific options follow
 TCA_STATS:struct tc_stats:Qdisc statistics.
-TCA_XSTATS:qdisc specific:Module-specific statistics.
+TCA_XSTATS:qdisc-specific:Module-specific statistics.
 TCA_RATE:struct tc_estimator:Rate limit.
 .TE
 
-In addition various other qdisc module specific attributes are allowed.
+In addition, various other qdisc-module-specific attributes are allowed.
 For more information see the appropriate include files.
 .TP
 .BR RTM_NEWTCLASS ", " RTM_DELTCLASS ", " RTM_GETTCLASS