diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7
index f40c66d25..6ef31003e 100644
--- a/man7/bootparam.7
+++ b/man7/bootparam.7
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ In its most generic form, it looks something like this:
 .IP
 ether=irq,iobase[,param_1[,...param_8]],name
 .IP
-The first non-numeric argument is taken as the name.
+The first nonnumeric argument is taken as the name.
 The param_n values (if applicable) usually have different meanings for each
 different card/driver.
 Typical param_n values are used to specify
diff --git a/man7/spufs.7 b/man7/spufs.7
index 3acdad7f2..64c4357da 100644
--- a/man7/spufs.7
+++ b/man7/spufs.7
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ A
 operation on the file sets the register to the
 value given in the string.
 The string is parsed from the beginning
-until the first non-numeric character or the end of the buffer.
+until the first nonnumeric character or the end of the buffer.
 Subsequent writes to the same file descriptor overwrite the
 previous setting.
 
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ A
 operation on the file sets the register to the
 value given in the string.
 The string is parsed from the beginning
-until the first non-numeric character or the end of the buffer.
+until the first nonnumeric character or the end of the buffer.
 Subsequent writes to the same file descriptor overwrite the
 previous setting.
 .RE