diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 049e4c80207b291622fc8726d3b5cff7087ad87e..86203c5bd3eec4ef868faeb11015d4cdb1b42c61 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ allow (default none).
 .B bind_v2
 allows acceptance of LDAPv2 bind requests.
 .B bind_anon_cred
-allows anonymous bind creditials are not empty (e.g.
+allows anonymous bind when credentials are not empty (e.g.
 when DN is empty).
 .B bind_anon_dn
 allows unauthenticated (anonymous) bind when DN is not empty.
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ requires authentication prior to directory operations.
 requires SASL authentication prior to directory operations.
 .B strong
 requires strong authentication prior to directory operations.
-Currently
+The
 .B SASL
 and
 .B strong
diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapd.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
index 2886953084eaa464361af04bd9d13ef4cd8c0926..5735f22fc8277d6f87de5fde75ad066b55e95254 100644
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapd.8
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ Specifies the slapd configuration file. The default is
 .TP
 .BI \-h " URLlist"
 .B slapd
-will serve
+will by default serve
 .B ldap:///
 (LDAP over TCP on all interfaces on default LDAP port).  That is, 
-it will bind to using INADDR_ANY and port 389.
+it will bind using INADDR_ANY and port 389.
 The
 .B \-h
 option may be used to specify LDAP (and LDAPS) URLs to serve.