diff --git a/man7/attr.7 b/man7/attr.7
index 589a6918d..5f8cad214 100644
--- a/man7/attr.7
+++ b/man7/attr.7
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ An attribute may be defined or undefined.
 If it is defined, its value may be empty or non-empty.
 .PP
 Extended attributes are extensions to the normal attributes which are
-associated with all inodes in the system (i.e. the
+associated with all inodes in the system (i.e., the
 .BR stat (2)
 data).
 They are often used to provide additional functionality
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS, JFS and reiserfs filesystems.
 Attribute names are zero-terminated strings.
 The attribute name is always specified in the fully qualified
 .IR namespace.attribute
-form, eg.
+form, for example,
 .IR user.mime_type ,
 .IR trusted.md5sum ,
 .IR system.posix_acl_access ,
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ or
 .PP
 The namespace mechanism is used to define different classes of extended
 attributes.
-These different classes exist for several reasons, e.g. the permissions
+These different classes exist for several reasons;
+for example, the permissions
 and capabilities required for manipulating extended attributes of one
 namespace may differ to another.
 .PP