diff --git a/src/lib/libc/string/strcasecmp.3 b/src/lib/libc/string/strcasecmp.3
index 3cfc76e3..cd9be07c 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/string/strcasecmp.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/string/strcasecmp.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: strcasecmp.3,v 1.6 2000/04/21 15:24:19 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: strcasecmp.3,v 1.7 2003/05/10 06:40:44 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ functions compare the null-terminated strings
 and
 .Fa s2
 and return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
-according as
+according to whether
 .Fa s1
 is lexicographically greater than, equal to, or less than
 .Fa s2
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3 b/src/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3
index c1173a42..0482604e 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/string/strcmp.3
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: strcmp.3,v 1.5 2000/04/21 15:24:19 aaron Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: strcmp.3,v 1.6 2003/05/10 06:40:44 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 29, 1991
 .Dt STRCMP 3
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The
 and
 .Fn strncmp
 return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0, according
-as the string
+to whether the string
 .Fa s1
 is greater than, equal to, or less than the string
 .Fa s2 .
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3 b/src/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3
index 5d3e44ee..62086c79 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/string/strcoll.3
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: strcoll.3,v 1.3 2000/04/21 15:24:19 aaron Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: strcoll.3,v 1.4 2003/05/10 06:40:44 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 29, 1991
 .Dt STRCOLL 3
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ and
 .Fa s2
 according to the current locale collation
 and returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
-according as
+according to whether
 .Fa s1
 is greater than, equal to, or less than
 .Fa s2 .