10 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/man2/mbind.2 b/man2/mbind.2
index 08ba276d76..bdde2d7097 100644
--- a/man2/mbind.2
+++ b/man2/mbind.2
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ require the caller to specify the nodes to which the policy applies in the
 .I nodemask
 parameter.
 .I nodemask
-is a bitmask of nodes containing up to
+is a bit mask of nodes containing up to
 .I maxnode
 bits.
 The actual number of bytes transferred via this argument
diff --git a/man2/poll.2 b/man2/poll.2
index 6f5a81b15c..dad1df0ab8 100644
--- a/man2/poll.2
+++ b/man2/poll.2
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ contains a file descriptor for an open file.
 
 The field
 .I events
-is an input parameter, a bitmask specifying the events the application
+is an input parameter, a bit mask specifying the events the application
 is interested in.
 
 The field
diff --git a/man2/ptrace.2 b/man2/ptrace.2
index 6a86193273..02e1283322 100644
--- a/man2/ptrace.2
+++ b/man2/ptrace.2
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ itself.  (\fIaddr\fP is ignored.)
 Sets ptrace options from \fIdata\fP in the parent.
 (\fIaddr\fP is ignored.)
 \fIdata\fP is interpreted
-as a bitmask of options, which are specified by the following flags:
+as a bit mask of options, which are specified by the following flags:
 .RS
 .TP
 .BR PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD " (since Linux 2.4.6)"
diff --git a/man2/sched_setaffinity.2 b/man2/sched_setaffinity.2
index dbba0ca272..c07603b2b9 100644
--- a/man2/sched_setaffinity.2
+++ b/man2/sched_setaffinity.2
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ is set appropriately.
 A supplied memory address was invalid.
 .TP
 .B EINVAL
-The affinity bitmask
+The affinity bit mask
 .I mask
 contains no processors that are physically on the system,
 .\" The following can only (?) occur with the raw sched_getaffinity()
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ The actual system call interface is slightly different, with the
 being typed as
 .IR "unsigned long *" ,
 reflecting that the fact that the underlying implementation of CPU
-sets is a simple bitmask.
+sets is a simple bit mask.
 On success, the raw
 .BR sched_getaffinity ()
 system call returns the size (in bytes) of the
 .I cpumask_t
 data type that is used internally by the kernel to
-represent the CPU set bitmask.
+represent the CPU set bit mask.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR clone (2),
 .BR getpriority (2),
diff --git a/man2/stat.2 b/man2/stat.2
index bbdec70e06..e871c0c5b8 100644
--- a/man2/stat.2
+++ b/man2/stat.2
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ field:
 .RS
 .TS
 lB l l.
-S_IFMT	0170000	bitmask for the file type bit fields
+S_IFMT	0170000	bit mask for the file type bit fields
 S_IFSOCK	0140000	socket
 S_IFLNK	0120000	symbolic link
 S_IFREG	0100000	regular file
diff --git a/man4/console_ioctl.4 b/man4/console_ioctl.4
index 10ed6127bf..c0ecea34e3 100644
--- a/man4/console_ioctl.4
+++ b/man4/console_ioctl.4
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ Get global vt state info.
 struct vt_stat {
     ushort \fIv_active\fP;  /* active vt */
     ushort \fIv_signal\fP;  /* signal to send */
-    ushort \fIv_state\fP;   /* vt bitmask */
+    ushort \fIv_state\fP;   /* vt bit mask */
 };
 .fi
 
diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7
index 6ebf3ab64c..093606b5e7 100644
--- a/man7/bootparam.7
+++ b/man7/bootparam.7
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ This information is taken directly
 from that file.
 .TP
 .B "floppy=mask,allowed_drive_mask"
-Sets the bitmask of allowed drives to mask.
+Sets the bit mask of allowed drives to mask.
 By default, only units 0
 and 1 of each floppy controller are allowed.
 This is done because
@@ -1029,12 +1029,12 @@ This option is somewhat
 obsoleted by the cmos option.
 .TP
 .B "floppy=all_drives"
-Sets the bitmask of allowed drives to all drives.
+Sets the bit mask of allowed drives to all drives.
 Use this if you have
 more than two drives connected to a floppy controller.
 .TP
 .B "floppy=asus_pci"
-Sets the bitmask to allow only units 0 and 1. (The default)
+Sets the bit mask to allow only units 0 and 1. (The default)
 .TP
 .B "floppy=daring"
 Tells the floppy driver that you have a well behaved floppy
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ Tells the floppy driver that you don't have a Thinkpad.
 .B "floppy=drive,type,cmos"
 Sets the cmos type of drive to type.
 Additionally, this drive is
-allowed in the bitmask.
+allowed in the bit mask.
 This is useful if you have more than two
 floppy drives (only two can be described in the physical cmos), or if
 your BIOS uses non-standard CMOS types.
diff --git a/man7/netdevice.7 b/man7/netdevice.7
index 65b802d9fa..4b6f52df4c 100644
--- a/man7/netdevice.7
+++ b/man7/netdevice.7
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Retrieve the interface index of the interface into
 .BR SIOCGIFFLAGS ", " SIOCSIFFLAGS
 Get or set the active flag word of the device.
 .I ifr_flags
-contains a bitmask of the following values:
+contains a bit mask of the following values:
 .TS
 tab(:);
 c s
diff --git a/man7/netlink.7 b/man7/netlink.7
index d9535e47bb..bac30accca 100644
--- a/man7/netlink.7
+++ b/man7/netlink.7
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ opens and assigns a unique
 to every netlink socket that the process subsequently creates.
 
 .I nl_groups
-is a bitmask with every bit representing a netlink group number.
+is a bit mask with every bit representing a netlink group number.
 Each netlink family has a set of 32 multicast groups.
 When
 .BR bind (2)
@@ -331,12 +331,12 @@ is called on the socket, the
 .I nl_groups
 field in the
 .I sockaddr_nl
-should be set to a bitmask of the groups which it wishes to listen to.
+should be set to a bit mask of the groups which it wishes to listen to.
 The default value for this field is zero which means that no multicasts
 will be received.
 A socket may multicast messages to any of the multicast groups by setting
 .I nl_groups
-to a bitmask of the groups it wishes to send to when it calls
+to a bit mask of the groups it wishes to send to when it calls
 .BR sendmsg (2)
 or does a
 .BR connect (2).
diff --git a/man7/rtnetlink.7 b/man7/rtnetlink.7
index 2ce0d82de9..8aa36d53f3 100644
--- a/man7/rtnetlink.7
+++ b/man7/rtnetlink.7
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ struct nda_cacheinfo {
 .fi
 
 .I ndm_state
-is a bitmask of the following states:
+is a bit mask of the following states:
 
 .TS
 tab(:);