diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index b12708d..e8ad499 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -5004,7 +5004,7 @@ static int beacon_options(char *cmd, struct beacon_s *b, int line, struct audio_
 	  }
 	  else {
 	    text_color_set(DW_COLOR_ERROR);
-	    dw_printf ("Config file, line %d: When any of ZONE, EASTING, NORTHING specifed, they must all be specified.\n", line);
+	    dw_printf ("Config file, line %d: When any of ZONE, EASTING, NORTHING specified, they must all be specified.\n", line);
 	  }
 	}
 
diff --git a/decode_aprs.c b/decode_aprs.c
index ec66445..898d554 100644
--- a/decode_aprs.c
+++ b/decode_aprs.c
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ static void aprs_mic_e (decode_aprs_t *A, packet_t pp, unsigned char *info, int
  *
  *		A->g_message_number	Message number if any.  Required for ack/rej.
  *
- * Description:	An APRS message is a text string with a specifed addressee.
+ * Description:	An APRS message is a text string with a specified addressee.
  *
  *		It's a lot more complicated with different types of addressees
  *		and replies with acknowledgement or rejection.
diff --git a/gen_packets.c b/gen_packets.c
index c15b6b5..4a8e8c9 100644
--- a/gen_packets.c
+++ b/gen_packets.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         if (strlen(output_file) == 0) {
           text_color_set(DW_COLOR_ERROR); 
-          dw_printf ("ERROR: The -o ouput file option must be specified.\n");
+          dw_printf ("ERROR: The -o output file option must be specified.\n");
           usage (argv);
           exit (1);
         }
diff --git a/man1/decode_aprs.1 b/man1/decode_aprs.1
index 4158542..634fd66 100644
--- a/man1/decode_aprs.1
+++ b/man1/decode_aprs.1
@@ -48,11 +48,13 @@ Dire Wolf will usually tell you what is wrong.  First,
 cut-n-paste the bad packets into a text file.  Here a few examples:
 .P
 .RS
+.nf
 n2cma>APRS,TCPIP*,qAC,SEVENTH:@212127z43.2333n/77.1w_338/002g001t025P000h65b10208.wview_5_19_0
 .P
 K0YTH-10>APNU3B,NULL,qAR,K0DMF-10:!4601.5NS09255.52W#PHG6360/W2,MNn 444.575
 .P
 00 82 a0 ae ae 62 60 e0 82 96 68 84 40 40 60 9c 68 b0 ae 86 40 e0 40 ae 92 88 8a 64 63 03 f0 3e 45 4d 36 34 6e 65 2f 23 20 45 63 68 6f 6c 69 6e 6b 20 31 34 35 2e 33 31 30 2f 31 30 30 68 7a 20 54 6f 6e 65
++.fi
 .RE
 .P
 If  you  simply  fed  this  into decode_aprs, it would complain about the 
diff --git a/man1/direwolf.1 b/man1/direwolf.1
index 36beb64..d137221 100644
--- a/man1/direwolf.1
+++ b/man1/direwolf.1
@@ -135,13 +135,13 @@ gqrx (2.3 and later) has the ability to send streaming audio through a UDP socke
 direwolf can listen over a UDP port with options like this:
 .RS
 .P
-direwolf -n 1 -r 48000 -b 16 udp:7355
+direwolf \-n 1 \-r 48000 \-b 16 udp:7355
 .RE
 .P
 Other SDR applications might produce audio on stdout so it is convenient to pipe into the next application.  In this example, the final "-" means read from stdin.
 .RS
 .P
-rtl_fm -f 144.39M -o 4 - | direwolf -n 1 -r 24000 -b 16 -
+rtl_fm \-f 144.39M \-o 4 \- | direwolf \-n 1 \-r 24000 \-b 16 \-
 .RE
 
 
diff --git a/man1/gen_packets.1 b/man1/gen_packets.1
index f1782aa..39f8925 100644
--- a/man1/gen_packets.1
+++ b/man1/gen_packets.1
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ gen_packets \- Generate audio file for AX.25 frames.
 
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B gen_packets -o 
+.B gen_packets \-o
 .I wav-file-out 
-[ \fIoptions\fR ] [ \fItext-file\fR | - ]
+[ \fIoptions\fR ] [ \fItext-file\fR | \- ]
 .RS
 .P
-\fIwav-file-out\fR is the result.  The -o option is required.
+\fIwav-file-out\fR is the result.  The \-o option is required.
 .P
 \fItext-file\fR may contain AX.25 packets in the standard monitoring format.  Use "-" to read from stdin.  If not specified, a default builtin message will be used.
 .RE
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ It is very flexible allowing a wide range of audio sample rates, data speeds, an
 
 .TP
 .BI  "-a " "n"
-Signal amplitude in range of 0 - 200%.  Default 50.  Note that 100% is corresponds to signal peaks of +/- 16383 so we have plenty of headroom to avoid saturation.
+Signal amplitude in range of 0-200%.  Default 50.  Note that 100% is corresponds to signal peaks of +/- 16383 so we have plenty of headroom to avoid saturation.
 
 .TP
 .BI  "-b " "n"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Send output to .wav file.
 
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .P
-.B gen_packets -o x.wav
+.B gen_packets \-o x.wav
 .P
 .RS
 With all defaults, a built-in test message is generated
@@ -78,27 +78,27 @@ with standard Bell 202 tones used for packet radio on ordinary
 VHF FM transceivers.
 .RE
 .P
-.B gen_packets -o x.wav -g -b 9600
+.B gen_packets \-o x.wav \-g \-b 9600
 .PD 0
 .P
 .PD
-.B gen_packets -o x.wav -B 9600
+.B gen_packets \-o x.wav \-B 9600
 .P
 .RS
 Both of these are equivalent.  "-B 9600" automatically selects scrambled baseband rather than AFSK.
 .RE
 .P
-.B gen_packets -o x.wav -m 1600 -s 1800 -b 300
+.B gen_packets \-o x.wav \-m 1600 \-s 1800 \-b 300
 .PD 0
 .P
 .PD
-.B gen_packets -o x.wav -B 300
+.B gen_packets \-o x.wav \-B 300
 .P
 .RS
 Both of these generate 200 Hz shift, 300 baud, suitable for HF SSB transceiver.
 .RE
 .P
-.B echo -n 'WB2OSZ>WORLD:Hello, world!' | gen_packets -a 25 -o x.wav -
+.B echo \-n 'WB2OSZ>WORLD:Hello, world!' | gen_packets \-a 25 \-o x.wav \-
 .PD 0
 .P
 .PD