diff --git a/doc/manpages/object-server.conf.5 b/doc/manpages/object-server.conf.5
index 1ba4290641..82da8b1343 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/object-server.conf.5
+++ b/doc/manpages/object-server.conf.5
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ Depending on the method of deployment you may need to create this directory manu
 and ensure that swift has read/write.The default is /var/cache/swift.
 .IP "\fBhandoffs_first\fR"
 The flag to replicate handoffs prior to canonical partitions.
-It allows to force syncing and deleting handoffs quickly.
+It allows one to force syncing and deleting handoffs quickly.
 If set to a True value(e.g. "True" or "1"), partitions
 that are not supposed to be on the node will be replicated first.
 The default is false.
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ Depending on the method of deployment you may need to create this directory manu
 and ensure that swift has read/write.The default is /var/cache/swift.
 .IP "\fBhandoffs_first\fR"
 The flag to replicate handoffs prior to canonical partitions.
-It allows to force syncing and deleting handoffs quickly.
+It allows one to force syncing and deleting handoffs quickly.
 If set to a True value(e.g. "True" or "1"), partitions
 that are not supposed to be on the node will be replicated first.
 The default is false.
diff --git a/doc/manpages/proxy-server.conf.5 b/doc/manpages/proxy-server.conf.5
index fe63165f56..729f292370 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/proxy-server.conf.5
+++ b/doc/manpages/proxy-server.conf.5
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ chunk of data from the object servers while serving GET / HEAD requests.
 Timeouts from these requests can be recovered from so setting this to
 something lower than node_timeout would provide quicker error recovery
 while allowing for a longer timeout for non-recoverable requests (PUTs).
-Defaults to node_timeout, should be overriden if node_timeout is set to a
+Defaults to node_timeout, should be overridden if node_timeout is set to a
 high number to prevent client timeouts from firing before the proxy server
 has a chance to retry.
 .IP \fBconn_timeout\fR
diff --git a/doc/manpages/swift-init.1 b/doc/manpages/swift-init.1
index 7a1ac42ab5..de700bfb0a 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/swift-init.1
+++ b/doc/manpages/swift-init.1
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ allows one to use the keywords such as "all", "main" and "rest" for the <server>
 .IP "-r RUN_DIR, --run-dir=RUN_DIR directory where the pids will be stored (default /var/run/swift)
 .IP "--strict return non-zero status code if some config is missing. Default mode if server is explicitly named."
 .IP "--non-strict return zero status code even if some config is missing. Default mode if server is one of aliases `all`, `main` or `rest`."
-.IP "--kill-after-timeout kill daemon and all childs after kill-wait period."
+.IP "--kill-after-timeout kill daemon and all children after kill-wait period."
 .PD 
 .RE