diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 87bc6a0..da77528 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 .TP
 .I float_list
 List of floating numbers: A list of floating numbers, separated by
-a ':' charcater.
+a ':' character.
 .SS "Parameter List"
 .TP
 .BI name \fR=\fPstr
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
 been transferred, unless limited by other options (\fBruntime\fR, for instance).
 Unless \fBnrfiles\fR and \fBfilesize\fR options are given, this amount will be
 divided between the available files for the job. If not set, fio will use the
-full size of the given files or devices. If the the files do not exist, size
+full size of the given files or devices. If the files do not exist, size
 must be given. It is also possible to give size as a percentage between 1 and
 100. If size=20% is given, fio will use 20% of the full size of the given files
 or devices.
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
 .TP
 .B vsync
 Basic \fIreadv\fR\|(2) or \fIwritev\fR\|(2) I/O. Will emulate queuing by
-coalescing adjacents IOs into a single submission.
+coalescing adjacent IOs into a single submission.
 .TP
 .B pvsync
 Basic \fIpreadv\fR\|(2) or \fIpwritev\fR\|(2) I/O.
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
 .TP
 .B guasi
 The GUASI I/O engine is the Generic Userspace Asynchronous Syscall Interface
-approach to asycnronous I/O.
+approach to asynchronous I/O.
 .br
 See <http://www.xmailserver.org/guasi\-lib.html>.
 .TP
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
 `:\fIenginepath\fR'.
 .TP
 .B falloc
-   IO engine that does regular linux native fallocate callt to simulate data
+   IO engine that does regular linux native fallocate call to simulate data
 transfer as fio ioengine
 .br
   DDIR_READ  does fallocate(,mode = FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE,)
@@ -771,12 +771,12 @@
 Same as \fBcpumask\fR, but allows a comma-delimited list of CPU numbers.
 .TP
 .BI numa_cpu_nodes \fR=\fPstr
-Set this job running on spcified NUMA nodes' CPUs. The arguments allow
+Set this job running on specified NUMA nodes' CPUs. The arguments allow
 comma delimited list of cpu numbers, A-B ranges, or 'all'.
 .TP
 .BI numa_mem_policy \fR=\fPstr
 Set this job's memory policy and corresponding NUMA nodes. Format of
-the argements:
+the arguments:
 .RS
 .TP
 .B <mode>[:<nodelist>]
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@
 .RE
 .TP
 .BI iomem_align \fR=\fPint "\fR,\fP mem_align" \fR=\fPint
-This indiciates the memory alignment of the IO memory buffers. Note that the
+This indicates the memory alignment of the IO memory buffers. Note that the
 given alignment is applied to the first IO unit buffer, if using \fBiodepth\fR
 the alignment of the following buffers are given by the \fBbs\fR used. In
 other words, if using a \fBbs\fR that is a multiple of the page sized in the
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@
 hostname must be omitted if this option is used.
 .TP
 .BI (net, pingpong) \fR=\fPbool
-Normaly a network writer will just continue writing data, and a network reader
+Normally a network writer will just continue writing data, and a network reader
 will just consume packages. If pingpong=1 is set, a writer will send its normal
 payload to the reader, then wait for the reader to send the same payload back.
 This allows fio to measure network latencies. The submission and completion
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@
 Preallocate donor's file on init
 .TP
 .BI 1:
-allocate space immidietly inside defragment event, and free right after event
+allocate space immediately inside defragment event, and free right after event
 .RE
 .TP
 .SH OUTPUT