diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7
index 165f2638a..9bd6f77a4 100644
--- a/man7/fanotify.7
+++ b/man7/fanotify.7
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ The event queue can overflow.
 In this case, events are lost.
 .SH BUGS
 As of Linux 3.15,
-the following bugs existed:
+the following bugs exist:
 .IP * 3
 .\" FIXME: Patch is in linux-next-20140424.
 .BR readdir (2)
@@ -441,7 +441,8 @@ This poses a security risk, when the
 capability is set for programs executed by unprivileged users.
 .SH EXAMPLE
 The following program demonstrates the usage of the fanotify API.
-It marks the mount passed as argument and waits for events of type
+It marks the mount point passed as command-line argument
+and waits for events of type
 .B FAN_PERM_OPEN
 and
 .BR FAN_CLOSE_WRITE .
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ When a permission event occurs, a
 .B FAN_ALLOW
 response is given.
 .PP
-The following output was recorded while editing file
+The following output was recorded while editing the file
 .IR /home/user/temp/notes .
 Before the file was opened, a
 .B FAN_OPEN_PERM