5 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man2/adjtimex.2 b/man2/adjtimex.2
index 523347de23..40b05cb0e8 100644
--- a/man2/adjtimex.2
+++ b/man2/adjtimex.2
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ the constants used for
 .BR ntp_adjtime ()
 are equivalent but differently named.)
 It is a bit mask containing a
-.RI bitwise- or
+bitwise OR
 combination of zero or more of the following bits:
 .TP
 .B ADJ_OFFSET
diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
index 42ee3fee8b..ec43841ebe 100644
--- a/man2/clone.2
+++ b/man2/clone.2
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ mask in the remainder of this page.
 .PP
 The
 .I flags
-mask is specified as a bitwise-OR of zero or more of
+mask is specified as a bitwise OR of zero or more of
 the constants listed below.
 Except as noted below, these flags are available
 (and have the same effect) in both
diff --git a/man2/mprotect.2 b/man2/mprotect.2
index 52c14da058..5a829dafea 100644
--- a/man2/mprotect.2
+++ b/man2/mprotect.2
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ signal for the process.
 .I prot
 is a combination of the following access flags:
 .B PROT_NONE
-or a bitwise-or of the other values in the following list:
+or a bitwise OR of the other values in the following list:
 .TP
 .B PROT_NONE
 The memory cannot be accessed at all.
diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2
index 77c06b55d9..b5aff887cb 100644
--- a/man2/open.2
+++ b/man2/open.2
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ respectively.
 .PP
 In addition, zero or more file creation flags and file status flags
 can be
-.RI bitwise- or 'd
+bitwise ORed
 in
 .IR flags .
 The
diff --git a/man2/syscall.2 b/man2/syscall.2
index 3eba62182f..55233ac515 100644
--- a/man2/syscall.2
+++ b/man2/syscall.2
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ nuances:
 In order to indicate that a system call is called under the x32 ABI,
 an additional bit,
 .BR __X32_SYSCALL_BIT ,
-is bitwise-ORed with the system call number.
+is bitwise ORed with the system call number.
 The ABI used by a process affects some process behaviors,
 including signal handling or system call restarting.
 .IP \[bu]