diff --git a/man/mu-add.1 b/man/mu-add.1
index f86b28a6..b3def667 100644
--- a/man/mu-add.1
+++ b/man/mu-add.1
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ mu add\-  add one or more messages to the database
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 
-\fBmu add\fR is the command to add specific measage files to the
-database. Each of the files must be specified with an absolute path.
+\fBmu add\fR is the command to add specific message files to the
+database. Each file must be specified with an absolute path.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 
diff --git a/man/mu-cfind.1 b/man/mu-cfind.1
index b11d6d34..68e8a6fb 100644
--- a/man/mu-cfind.1
+++ b/man/mu-cfind.1
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ would find all contacts with a gmail-address, while
 
 lists all contacts with Mary in either name or e-mail address.
 
-If you do not specify any search expression, \fBmu cfind\fR returns the full
-list of contacts. Note, \fBmu cfind\fR uses does not directly use the
+If you do not specify a search expression, \fBmu cfind\fR returns the full
+list of contacts. Note, \fBmu cfind\fR does not use the
 database, but uses a cache file with e-mail addresses, which is populated
 during the indexing process.
 
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ could specify
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 
 \fBmu cfind\fR returns 0 upon successful completion -- that is, at least one
-contact was found. Anything else leads to a non-zero return value, for
-example:
+contact was found. Anything else leads to a non-zero return value:
 
 .nf
 | code | meaning                        |
diff --git a/man/mu-extract.1 b/man/mu-extract.1
index b7dbb04a..a9777e03 100644
--- a/man/mu-extract.1
+++ b/man/mu-extract.1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 attachments) from mail messages. The sub-command works on message files, and
 does not require the message to be indexed in the database.
 
-For attachments, the file name used when saving it, is the name of the
+For attachments, the file name used when saving it is the name of the
 attachment in the message. If there is no such name, or when saving
 non-attachment MIME-parts, a name is derived from the message-id of the
 message.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ save all non-multipart MIME-parts.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-parts\fR=<parts>
 only consider the following numbered parts
-(comma-separated list).The numbers for the parts can be seen from running
+(comma-separated list). The numbers for the parts can be seen from running
 \fBmu extract\fR without any options but only the message file.
 
 .TP
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ allowed.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-play\fR Try to 'play' (open) the attachment with the default
 application for the particular file type. On MacOS, this uses the \fBopen\fR
-program, on other platforms is uses \fBxdg-open\fR. You can choose a different
+program, on other platforms it uses \fBxdg-open\fR. You can choose a different
 program by setting the \fBMU_PLAY_PROGRAM\fR environment variable.
 
 .SH EXAMPLES
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ To extract all files ending in '.jpg' (case-insensitive):
    $ mu extract msgfile '.*\.jpg'
 .fi
 
-To extract an mp3-file, and play it in the the default mp3-playing application.
+To extract an mp3-file, and play it in the default mp3-playing application:
 .nf
    $ mu extract --play msgfile 'whoopsididitagain.mp3'
 .fi