diff --git a/man2/outb.2 b/man2/outb.2
index a71e2d962..e46762cbc 100644
--- a/man2/outb.2
+++ b/man2/outb.2
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Failure to do this will cause the application
 to receive a segmentation fault.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
 .BR outb ()
-and friends are hardware specific.
+and friends are hardware-specific.
 The
 .I value
 argument is passed first and the
diff --git a/man2/recv.2 b/man2/recv.2
index 2a8eced50..547a16eca 100644
--- a/man2/recv.2
+++ b/man2/recv.2
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ contains the
 number of the queued error.
 .I ee_origin
 is the origin code of where the error originated.
-The other fields are protocol specific.
+The other fields are protocol-specific.
 The macro
 .B SOCK_EE_OFFENDER
 returns a pointer to the address of the network object
diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5
index caf28dde6..437dd9990 100644
--- a/man5/elf.5
+++ b/man5/elf.5
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ will include the
 bit.
 Whether the
 .BR SHF_WRITE
-bit is set is processor specific.
+bit is set is processor-specific.
 This section is of type
 .BR SHT_DYNAMIC .
 See the attributes above.
diff --git a/man7/feature_test_macros.7 b/man7/feature_test_macros.7
index dc9b6c211..49fd130b4 100644
--- a/man7/feature_test_macros.7
+++ b/man7/feature_test_macros.7
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ but is employed on some other implementations.
 .BR _REENTRANT ,
 and
 .B _THREAD_SAFE
-are Linux (glibc) specific.
+are specific to Linux (glibc).
 .SH NOTES
 .I <features.h>
 is a Linux/glibc-specific header file.
diff --git a/man7/ip.7 b/man7/ip.7
index 19465f39c..56bbd83ee 100644
--- a/man7/ip.7
+++ b/man7/ip.7
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ contains the
 number of the queued error.
 .I ee_origin
 is the origin code of where the error originated.
-The other fields are protocol specific.
+The other fields are protocol-specific.
 The macro
 .B SO_EE_OFFENDER
 returns a pointer to the address of the network object