diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
index e0993d208..355451614 100644
--- a/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man7/packet.7
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ The
 .I socket_type
 is either
 .B SOCK_RAW
-for raw packets including the link level header or
+for raw packets including the link-level header or
 .B SOCK_DGRAM
-for cooked packets with the link level header removed.
-The link level
-header information is available in a common format in a
+for cooked packets with the link-level header removed.
+The link-level header information is available in a common format in a
 .IR sockaddr_ll .
 .I protocol
 is the IEEE 802.3 protocol number in network order.
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ adds a binding and
 .B PACKET_DROP_MEMBERSHIP
 drops it.
 They both expect a
-.B packet_mreq
+.I packet_mreq
 structure as argument:
 
 .in +4n
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ A socket selects a group by encoding the ID in the first 16 bits of
 the integer option value.
 The first packet socket to join a group implicitly creates it.
 To successfully join an existing group, subsequent packet sockets
-must have the same protocol, device settings and fanout mode and
+must have the same protocol, device settings, fanout mode and
 flags (see below).
 Packet sockets can leave a fanout group only by closing the socket.
 The group is deleted when the last socket is closed.
@@ -286,8 +285,8 @@ sends packets from the same flow to the same socket to maintain
 per-flow ordering.
 For each packet, it chooses a socket by taking the packet flow hash
 modulo the number of sockets in the group, where a flow hash is a hash
-over network layer address and optional transport layer port fields.
-The load balance mode
+over network-layer address and optional transport-layer port fields.
+The load-balance mode
 .BR PACKET_FANOUT_LB
 implements a round-robin algorithm.
 .BR PACKET_FANOUT_CPU
@@ -296,7 +295,7 @@ selects the socket based on the CPU that the packet arrived on.
 processes all data on a single socket, moves to the next when one
 becomes backlogged.
 .BR PACKET_FANOUT_RND
-selects the socket using a pseudo random number generator.
+selects the socket using a pseudo-random number generator.
 
 Fanout modes can take additional options.
 IP fragmentation causes packets from the same flow to have different
@@ -313,12 +312,12 @@ enables the roll over mechanism as a backup strategy: if the
 original fanout algorithm selects a backlogged socket, the packet
 rolls over to the next available one.
 .TP
-.BR PACKET_LOSS " (with PACKET_TX_RING)"
+.BR PACKET_LOSS " (with " PACKET_TX_RING )
 If set, do not silently drop a packet on transmission error, but
 return it with status set to
 .BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT .
 .TP
-.BR PACKET_RESERVE " (with PACKET_RX_RING)"
+.BR PACKET_RESERVE " (with " PACKET_RX_RING )
 By default, a packet receive ring writes packets immediately following the
 metadata structure and alignment padding.
 This integer option reserves additional headroom.
@@ -343,7 +342,7 @@ then
 is the same.
 If it is of type
 .BR SOCK_RAW ,
-then that field stores the offset to the link layer frame.
+then that field stores the offset to the link-layer frame.
 Packet socket and application communicate the head and tail of the ring
 through the
 .I tp_status
@@ -369,8 +368,8 @@ Retrieve packet socket statistics in the form of a structure
 .in +4n
 .nf
 struct tpacket_stats {
-    unsigned int tp_packets;  /* total packet count */
-    unsigned int tp_drops;    /* dropped packet count */
+    unsigned int tp_packets;  /* Total packet count */
+    unsigned int tp_drops;    /* Dropped packet count */
 };
 .fi
 .in
@@ -379,7 +378,7 @@ Receiving statistics resets the internal counters.
 The statistics structure differs when using a ring of variant
 .BR TPACKET_V3 .
 .TP
-.BR PACKET_TIMESTAMP " (with PACKET_RX_RING)"
+.BR PACKET_TIMESTAMP " (with " PACKET_RX_RING )
 .\" commit 614f60fa9d73a9e8fdff3df83381907fea7c5649
 The packet receive ring always stores a timestamp in the metadata header.
 By default, this is a software generated timestamp generated when the