diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index f7c8813f8..56b47e19c 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ linker option, this step is skipped.
 .SS Rpath token expansion
 .PP
 .B ld.so
-understands certain strings in an rpath specification (DT_RPATH or DT_RUNPATH); those strings are substituted as follows
+understands certain token strings in an rpath specification
+(DT_RPATH or DT_RUNPATH).
+Those strings are substituted as follows:
 .TP
 .IR $ORIGIN " (or equivalently " ${ORIGIN} )
 This expands to
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ This variable is ignored in secure-execution mode.
 
 Within the pathnames specified in
 .BR LD_LIBRARY_PATH ,
-the dynamic linker expands the strings
+the dynamic linker expands the tokens
 .IR $ORIGIN ,
 .IR $LIB ,
 and
@@ -288,9 +290,9 @@ subdirectory below the directory containing the program to be executed:
     $ \fBLD_LIBRARY_PATH='$ORIGIN/$LIB' prog\fP
 
 (Note the use of single quotes, which prevent expansion of
-.I ORIGIN
+.I $ORIGIN
 and
-.I LIB
+.I $LIB
 as shell variables!)
 .TP
 .B LD_PRELOAD
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ have the set-user-ID mode bit enabled are loaded.
 
 Within the names specified in the
 .BR LD_PRELOAD
-list, the dynamic linker understands the strings
+list, the dynamic linker understands the tokens
 .IR $ORIGIN ,
 .IR $LIB ,
 and
@@ -355,7 +357,7 @@ in the chapter
 
 Within the names specified in the
 .BR LD_AUDIT
-list, the dynamic linker understands the strings
+list, the dynamic linker understands the tokens
 .IR $ORIGIN ,
 .IR $LIB ,
 and