diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index e79b8be50..990c1cd78 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -242,12 +242,12 @@ operations, and is employed by
 .BR pthread_setname_np (3)
 when used to rename threads other than the caller.
 .TP
-.IR /proc/[pid]/coredump_filter " (since kernel 2.6.23)"
+.IR /proc/[pid]/coredump_filter " (since Linux 2.6.23)"
 See
 .BR core (5).
 .TP
-.IR /proc/[pid]/cpuset " (since kernel 2.6.12)"
-.\" and /proc/[pid]/task/[tid]/cpuset
+.IR /proc/[pid]/cpuset " (since Linux 2.6.12)"
+.\" and/proc/[pid]/task/[tid]/cpuset
 See
 .BR cpuset (7).
 .TP
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ Thus the example command above could be written as:
 .\"       Added in 2.6.11; updating requires CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL
 .\"       CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
 .TP
-.IR /proc/[pid]/fdinfo/ " (since kernel 2.6.22)"
+.IR /proc/[pid]/fdinfo/ " (since Linux 2.6.22)"
 This is a subdirectory containing one entry for each file which the
 process has open, named by its file descriptor.
 The contents of each file can be read to obtain information
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ if process A reads process B's
 while process B is updating one of these 64-bit counters,
 process A could see an intermediate result.
 .TP
-.IR /proc/[pid]/gid_map " (since kernel 3.6)"
+.IR /proc/[pid]/gid_map " (since Linux 3.6)"
 This file reports the mapping of gids from the user namespace of the process specified by
 .IR pid
 to the user namespace of the process that opened
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ After the creation of a new user namespace this file may be written to
 exactly once to specify the mapping of gids in the new user namespace.
 
 .TP
-.IR /proc/[pid]/limits " (since kernel 2.6.24)"
+.IR /proc/[pid]/limits " (since Linux 2.6.24)"
 This file displays the soft limit, hard limit, and units of measurement
 for each of the process's resource limits (see
 .BR getrlimit (2)).
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ Masks of capabilities enabled in inheritable, permitted, and effective sets
 .IP *
 .IR CapBnd :
 Capability Bounding set
-(since kernel 2.6.26, see
+(since Linux 2.6.26, see
 .BR capabilities (7)).
 .IP *
 .IR Cpus_allowed :
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ directory are not available if the main thread has already terminated
 (typically by calling
 .BR pthread_exit (3)).
 .TP
-.IR /proc/[pid]/uid_map " (since kernel 3.6)"
+.IR /proc/[pid]/uid_map " (since Linux 3.6)"
 This file reports the mapping of uids from the user namespace of the process specified by
 .IR pid
 to the user namespace of the process that opened