diff --git a/man7/tcp.7 b/man7/tcp.7 index 1f4346d38..2fe5245a6 100644 --- a/man7/tcp.7 +++ b/man7/tcp.7 @@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ This option takes an .IR "unsigned int" as an argument. When the value is greater than 0, -it specifies the maximum amount of time in imilliseconds that transmitted +it specifies the maximum amount of time in milliseconds that transmitted data may remain unacknowledged before TCP will forcibly close the corresponding connection and return .B ETIMEDOUT @@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ Increasing user timeouts allows a TCP connection to survive extended periods without end-to-end connectivity. Decreasing user timeouts allows applications to "fail fast", if so desired. -Otherwise, failure may take upto 20 minutes with +Otherwise, failure may take up to 20 minutes with the current system defaults in a normal WAN environment. This option can be set during any state of a TCP connection,