diff --git a/man2/access.2 b/man2/access.2
index 6ec5f7868..b21f03aae 100644
--- a/man2/access.2
+++ b/man2/access.2
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ access \- check user's permissions for a file
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR access ()
-checks whether the process would be allowed to read,
+checks whether the calling process would be allowed to read,
 write or test for existence of the file (or other file system
 object) whose name is
 .IR pathname .
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ occurring in the path to the file, as given in
 and on the permissions of directories and files referred to by symbolic
 links encountered on the way.
 
-The check is done with the process's
+The check is done with the calling process's
 .I real
 UID and GID, rather than with the effective IDs as is done when
 actually attempting an operation.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Similarly, a DOS file may be found to be "executable," but the
 .BR execve (2)
 call will still fail.
 
-If the process has appropriate privileges, an implementation may
+If the calling process has appropriate privileges, an implementation may
 indicate success for
 .B X_OK
 even if none of the execute file permission bits are set.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ is set appropriately.
 shall fail if:
 .TP
 .B EACCES
-The requested access would be denied to the file or search permission
+The requested access would be denied to the file, or search permission
 is denied for one of the directories in the path prefix of
 .IR pathname .
 (See also
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ which checks permissions.
 .BR Warning:
 Using
 .BR access ()
-to check if a user is authorized to e.g. open a file before actually
-doing so using
+to check if a user is authorized to, for example,
+open a file before actually doing so using
 .BR open (2)
 creates a security hole, because the user might exploit the short time
 interval between checking and opening the file to manipulate it.