diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index 6579a590a..17462c642 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -416,13 +416,13 @@ and
 Suppose an application is watching the directories
 .I dir1
 and
-.IR dir ,
+.IR dir2 ,
 and the file
 .IR dir1/myfile .
 The following examples show some events that may be generated.
 .RS 4
 .TP
-link("dir/myfile", "dir2/new");
+link("dir1/myfile", "dir2/new");
 Generates an
 .B IN_ATTRIB
 event for
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ the following events:
 .RS 4
 .TP
 unlink("dir2/yy");
-Generates
+Generates an
 .BR IN_ATTRIB
 event for
 .IR xx
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ events for
 .IR xx ,
 and an
 .BR IN_DELETE
-for
+event for
 .IR dir1 .
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ Generates an
 event for
 .IR dir .
 .TP
-rmdir("dir/sub");
+rmdir("dir/subdir");
 Generates
 .B IN_DELETE_SELF
 and