diff --git a/man2/mbind.2 b/man2/mbind.2
index b3a52f1fc..0c8b5f56a 100644
--- a/man2/mbind.2
+++ b/man2/mbind.2
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ The supported
 are:
 .TP
 .BR MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES " (since Linux-2.6.26)"
-A non-empty
+A nonempty
 .I nodemask
 specifies physical node ids.
 Linux does not remap the
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ nor when the set of nodes allowed by the process's
 current cpuset context changes.
 .TP
 .BR MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES " (since Linux-2.6.26)"
-A non-empty
+A nonempty
 .I nodemask
 specifies node ids that are relative to the set of
 node ids allowed  by the process's current cpuset.
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ is
 .B MPOL_DEFAULT
 and
 .I nodemask
-specified a non-empty set;
+specified a nonempty set;
 or
 .I mode
 is
diff --git a/man2/rename.2 b/man2/rename.2
index 5df64947c..c88ca697f 100644
--- a/man2/rename.2
+++ b/man2/rename.2
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ exists but is not a directory.
 .TP
 .BR ENOTEMPTY " or " EEXIST
 .I newpath
-is a non-empty directory, that is, contains entries other than "." and "..".
+is a nonempty directory, that is, contains entries other than "." and "..".
 .TP
 .BR EPERM " or " EACCES
 The directory containing
diff --git a/man2/sched_setscheduler.2 b/man2/sched_setscheduler.2
index 84fe86100..4434b0dcb 100644
--- a/man2/sched_setscheduler.2
+++ b/man2/sched_setscheduler.2
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ to find the range of priorities supported for a particular policy.
 Conceptually, the scheduler maintains a list of runnable
 processes for each possible \fIsched_priority\fP value.
 In order to determine which process runs next, the scheduler looks for
-the non-empty list with the highest static priority and selects the
+the nonempty list with the highest static priority and selects the
 process at the head of this list.
 
 A process's scheduling policy determines
diff --git a/man2/set_mempolicy.2 b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
index ef490bd75..7b65da78e 100644
--- a/man2/set_mempolicy.2
+++ b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The supported
 are:
 .TP
 .BR MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES " (since Linux 2.6.26)"
-A non-empty
+A nonempty
 .I nodemask
 specifies physical node ids.
 Linux does will not remap the
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ nor when the set of nodes allowed by the process's
 current cpuset context changes.
 .TP
 .BR MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES " (since Linux 2.6.26)"
-A non-empty
+A nonempty
 .I nodemask
 specifies node ids that are relative to the set of
 node ids allowed  by the process's current cpuset.
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ is
 .B MPOL_DEFAULT
 and
 .I nodemask
-is non-empty,
+is nonempty,
 or
 .I mode
 is
diff --git a/man2/syslog.2 b/man2/syslog.2
index c1989ad02..e93d53364 100644
--- a/man2/syslog.2
+++ b/man2/syslog.2
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ In recent kernels the size can be queried with command type 10.
 
 The call
 .I "syslog(2,buf,len)"
-waits until this kernel log buffer is non-empty, and then reads
+waits until this kernel log buffer is nonempty, and then reads
 at most \fIlen\fP bytes into the buffer \fIbuf\fP.
 It returns
 the number of bytes read.
diff --git a/man3/argz_add.3 b/man3/argz_add.3
index 5daad49b9..a30878e89 100644
--- a/man3/argz_add.3
+++ b/man3/argz_add.3
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ If the length is nonzero, the last byte of the buffer must be a null byte.
 These functions are for handling argz vectors.
 The pair (NULL,0) is an argz vector, and, conversely,
 argz vectors of length 0 must have NULL pointer.
-Allocation of non-empty argz vectors is done using
+Allocation of nonempty argz vectors is done using
 .BR malloc (3),
 so that
 .BR free (3)
diff --git a/man3/dlopen.3 b/man3/dlopen.3
index 5518a0e97..0fb315c3c 100644
--- a/man3/dlopen.3
+++ b/man3/dlopen.3
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ the library is loaded.)
 .B RTLD_NOW
 If this value is specified, or the environment variable
 .B LD_BIND_NOW
-is set to a non-empty string,
+is set to a nonempty string,
 all undefined symbols in the library are resolved before
 .BR dlopen ()
 returns.
diff --git a/man3/scanf.3 b/man3/scanf.3
index 49b164edb..917faf59a 100644
--- a/man3/scanf.3
+++ b/man3/scanf.3
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ The usual skip of leading white space is suppressed.
 To skip white space first, use an explicit space in the format.
 .TP
 .B \&[
-Matches a non-empty sequence of characters from the specified set of
+Matches a nonempty sequence of characters from the specified set of
 accepted characters; the next pointer must be a pointer to
 .IR char ,
 and there must be enough room for all the characters in the string, plus a
diff --git a/man3/strtod.3 b/man3/strtod.3
index 934e733dc..32cc136db 100644
--- a/man3/strtod.3
+++ b/man3/strtod.3
@@ -85,21 +85,21 @@ or (iii) an infinity, or (iv) a NAN (not-a-number).
 .LP
 A
 .I "decimal number"
-consists of a non-empty sequence of decimal digits
+consists of a nonempty sequence of decimal digits
 possibly containing a radix character (decimal point, locale-dependent,
 usually \(aq.\(aq), optionally followed by a decimal exponent.
 A decimal exponent consists of an \(aqE\(aq or \(aqe\(aq, followed by an
-optional plus or minus sign, followed by a non-empty sequence of
+optional plus or minus sign, followed by a nonempty sequence of
 decimal digits, and indicates multiplication by a power of 10.
 .LP
 A
 .I "hexadecimal number"
-consists of a "0x" or "0X" followed by a non-empty sequence of
+consists of a "0x" or "0X" followed by a nonempty sequence of
 hexadecimal digits possibly containing a radix character,
 optionally followed by a binary exponent.
 A binary exponent
 consists of a \(aqP\(aq or \(aqp\(aq, followed by an optional
-plus or minus sign, followed by a non-empty sequence of
+plus or minus sign, followed by a nonempty sequence of
 decimal digits, and indicates multiplication by a power of 2.
 At least one of radix character and binary exponent must be present.
 .LP
diff --git a/man3/strtok.3 b/man3/strtok.3
index dde40d810..e4da37c2a 100644
--- a/man3/strtok.3
+++ b/man3/strtok.3
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ the parsed string is considered to be a single delimiter.
 Delimiter characters at the start or end of the string are ignored.
 Put another way: the tokens returned by
 .BR strtok ()
-are always non-empty strings.
+are always nonempty strings.
 
 The
 .BR strtok_r ()
diff --git a/man3/tcgetpgrp.3 b/man3/tcgetpgrp.3
index 9ac798248..d883cfa18 100644
--- a/man3/tcgetpgrp.3
+++ b/man3/tcgetpgrp.3
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ the foreground process group on the terminal associated to
 .IR fd ,
 which must be the controlling terminal of the calling process,
 and still be associated with its session.
-Moreover, \fIpgrp\fP must be a (non-empty) process group belonging to
+Moreover, \fIpgrp\fP must be a (nonempty) process group belonging to
 the same session as the calling process.
 .LP
 If
diff --git a/man4/hd.4 b/man4/hd.4
index 5bbb17a22..cf99e8290 100644
--- a/man4/hd.4
+++ b/man4/hd.4
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The first form,
 .BI hd X,
 is used to address the whole drive.
 Partition numbers are assigned in the order the partitions
-are discovered, and only non-empty, non-extended partitions
+are discovered, and only nonempty, non-extended partitions
 get a number.
 However, partition numbers 1-4 are given to the
 four partitions described in the MBR (the "primary" partitions),
diff --git a/man7/cpuset.7 b/man7/cpuset.7
index b20983b58..17c940dd8 100644
--- a/man7/cpuset.7
+++ b/man7/cpuset.7
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ cpusets if neither is the ancestor of the other.
 Regardless of the
 .I cpu_exclusive
 setting, if one cpuset is the ancestor of another,
-and if both of these cpusets have non-empty
+and if both of these cpusets have nonempty
 .IR cpus ,
 then their
 .I cpus
diff --git a/man7/regex.7 b/man7/regex.7
index 1f970ea03..33ddf7696 100644
--- a/man7/regex.7
+++ b/man7/regex.7
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ POSIX.2 leaves some aspects of RE syntax and semantics open;
 "\*(dg" marks decisions on these aspects that
 may not be fully portable to other POSIX.2 implementations.
 .PP
-A (modern) RE is one\*(dg or more non-empty\*(dg \fIbranches\fR,
+A (modern) RE is one\*(dg or more nonempty\*(dg \fIbranches\fR,
 separated by \(aq|\(aq.
 It matches anything that matches one of the branches.
 .PP
diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index d008f96b9..db0d8ef4c 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ There are four important environment variables.
 .TP
 .B LD_BIND_NOW
 (libc5; glibc since 2.1.1)
-If set to a non-empty string,
+If set to a nonempty string,
 causes the dynamic linker to resolve all symbols
 at program startup instead of deferring function call resolution to the point
 when they are first referenced.
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ directories that are also set-user-ID will be loaded.
 .TP
 .B LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
 (ELF only)
-If set to a non-empty string, causes the program to list its dynamic library
+If set to a nonempty string, causes the program to list its dynamic library
 dependencies, as if run by
 .BR ldd (1),
 instead of running normally.
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ This variable is ignored by set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
 .TP
 .B LD_VERBOSE
 (glibc since 2.1)
-If set to a non-empty string,
+If set to a nonempty string,
 output symbol versioning information about the
 program if querying information about the program (i.e., either
 .B LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ options have been given to the dynamic linker).
 .TP
 .B LD_WARN
 (ELF only)(glibc since 2.1.3)
-If set to a non-empty string, warn about unresolved symbols.
+If set to a nonempty string, warn about unresolved symbols.
 .TP
 .B LDD_ARGV0
 (libc5)