diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5
index 5ecd190fa..985f5b611 100644
--- a/man5/elf.5
+++ b/man5/elf.5
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ Marks end of dynamic section
 String table offset to name of a needed library
 .TP
 .BR DT_PLTRELSZ
-Size in bytes of PLT relocs
+Size in bytes of PLT relocation entries
 .TP
 .BR DT_PLTGOT
 Address of PLT and/or GOT
@@ -1758,13 +1758,13 @@ Address of string table
 Address of symbol table
 .TP
 .BR DT_RELA
-Address of Rela relocs table
+Address of Rela relocation table
 .TP
 .BR DT_RELASZ
-Size in bytes of Rela table
+Size in bytes of the Rela relocation table
 .TP
 .BR DT_RELAENT
-Size in bytes of a Rela table entry
+Size in bytes of a Rela relocation table entry
 .TP
 .BR DT_STRSZ
 Size in bytes of string table
@@ -1788,29 +1788,30 @@ String table offset to library search path (deprecated)
 Alert linker to search this shared object before the executable for symbols
 .TP
 .BR DT_REL
-Address of Rel relocs table
+Address of Rel relocation table
 .TP
 .BR DT_RELSZ
-Size in bytes of Rel table
+Size in bytes of Rel relocation table
 .TP
 .BR DT_RELENT
 Size in bytes of a Rel table entry
 .TP
 .BR DT_PLTREL
-Type of reloc the PLT refers (Rela or Rel)
+Type of relocation entry to which the PLT refers (Rela or Rel)
 .TP
 .BR DT_DEBUG
 Undefined use for debugging
 .TP
 .BR DT_TEXTREL
-Absence of this indicates no relocs should apply to a nonwritable segment
+Absence of this entry indicates that no relocation entries should
+apply to a nonwritable segment
 .TP
 .BR DT_JMPREL
-Address of reloc entries solely for the PLT
+Address of relocation entries associated solely with the PLT
 .TP
 .BR DT_BIND_NOW
-Instruct dynamic linker to process all relocs before transferring control to
-the executable
+Instruct dynamic linker to process all relocations 
+transferring control to the executable
 .TP
 .BR DT_RUNPATH
 String table offset to library search path