diff --git a/man/machinectl.xml b/man/machinectl.xml
index 3964dc0580b..5b19a9abbd7 100644
--- a/man/machinectl.xml
+++ b/man/machinectl.xml
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
         <term><command>poweroff</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
 
         <listitem><para>Power off one or more containers. This will
-        trigger a reboot by sending SIGRTMIN+4 to the container's init
+        trigger a shutdown by sending SIGRTMIN+4 to the container's init
         process, which causes systemd-compatible init systems to shut
         down cleanly. Use <command>stop</command> as alias for <command>poweroff</command>.
         This operation does not work on containers that do not run a
diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 2645a6b217c..cd7d349b95c 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--read-only</option></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Mount the container's root file system (and any other file systems container in the container
+        <listitem><para>Mount the container's root file system (and any other file systems contained in the container
         image) read-only. This has no effect on additional mounts made with <option>--bind=</option>,
         <option>--tmpfs=</option> and similar options. This mode is implied if the container image file or directory is
         marked read-only itself. It is also implied if <option>--volatile=</option> is used. In this case the container
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
         <filename>/efi/</filename> or <filename>/boot/</filename> are prohibited in case such a partition
         exists in the container image operated on, and even if <option>--volatile=state</option> is used the
         hypothetical file <filename index="false">/etc/foobar</filename> is potentially writable if
-        <option>--bind=/etc/foobar</option> if used to mount it from outside the read-only container
+        <option>--bind=/etc/foobar</option> is used to mount it from outside the read-only container
         <filename>/etc/</filename> directory.</para>
 
         <para>The <option>--ephemeral</option> option is closely related to this setting, and provides similar