diff --git a/man2/mincore.2 b/man2/mincore.2
index f9ab0ed9d..16dcc79bf 100644
--- a/man2/mincore.2
+++ b/man2/mincore.2
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Before kernel 2.6.21,
 .BR mincore ()
 did not return correct information for
 .B MAP_PRIVATE
-mappings, or for non-linear mappings (established using
+mappings, or for nonlinear mappings (established using
 .BR remap_file_pages (2)).
 .\" Linux (up to now, 2.6.5),
 .\" .B mincore
diff --git a/man2/remap_file_pages.2 b/man2/remap_file_pages.2
index 3039a1452..9a6e066eb 100644
--- a/man2/remap_file_pages.2
+++ b/man2/remap_file_pages.2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH REMAP_FILE_PAGES 2 2008-04-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-remap_file_pages \- create a non-linear file mapping
+remap_file_pages \- create a nonlinear file mapping
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .B #define _GNU_SOURCE
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ remap_file_pages \- create a non-linear file mapping
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR remap_file_pages ()
-system call is used to create a non-linear mapping, that is, a mapping
+system call is used to create a nonlinear mapping, that is, a mapping
 in which the pages of the file are mapped into a non-sequential order
 in memory.
 The advantage of using
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ over using repeated calls to
 is that the former approach does not require the kernel to create
 additional VMA (Virtual Memory Area) data structures.
 
-To create a non-linear mapping we perform the following steps:
+To create a nonlinear mapping we perform the following steps:
 .TP 3
 1.
 Use
diff --git a/man3/random.3 b/man3/random.3
index cb326a21f..7568dc1b4 100644
--- a/man3/random.3
+++ b/man3/random.3
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 500
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR random ()
-function uses a non-linear additive feedback random
+function uses a nonlinear additive feedback random
 number generator employing a default table of size 31 long integers to
 return successive pseudo-random numbers in
 the range from 0 to \fBRAND_MAX\fR.