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--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ new offset.
 .BI kb_base \fR=\fPint
 The base unit for a kilobyte. The defacto base is 2^10, 1024.  Storage
 manufacturers like to use 10^3 or 1000 as a base ten unit instead, for obvious
-reasons. Allow values are 1024 or 1000, with 1024 being the default.
+reasons. Allowed values are 1024 or 1000, with 1024 being the default.
 .TP
 .BI unified_rw_reporting \fR=\fPbool
 Fio normally reports statistics on a per data direction basis, meaning that
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ are likely to be issued. Default: true.
 .TP
 .BI size \fR=\fPint
 Total size of I/O for this job.  \fBfio\fR will run until this many bytes have
-been transfered, unless limited by other options (\fBruntime\fR, for instance).
+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
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ comma isn't given, the remainder will inherit the last value set.
 Specify a range of I/O block sizes.  The issued I/O unit will always be a
 multiple of the minimum size, unless \fBblocksize_unaligned\fR is set.  Applies
 to both reads and writes if only one range is given, but can be specified
-separately with a comma seperating the values. Example: bsrange=1k-4k,2k-8k.
+separately with a comma separating the values. Example: bsrange=1k-4k,2k-8k.
 Also (see \fBblocksize\fR).
 .TP
 .BI bssplit \fR=\fPstr
@@ -427,10 +427,11 @@ Defines how files to service are selected.  The following types are defined:
 .RS
 .TP
 .B random
-Choose a file at random
+Choose a file at random.
 .TP
 .B roundrobin
 Round robin over open files (default).
+.TP
 .B sequential
 Do each file in the set sequentially.
 .RE
@@ -738,12 +739,12 @@ as \fBrate\fR is used for read vs write separation.
 .BI rate_iops \fR=\fPint
 Cap the bandwidth to this number of IOPS. Basically the same as rate, just
 specified independently of bandwidth. The same format as \fBrate\fR is used for
-read vs write seperation. If \fBblocksize\fR is a range, the smallest block
+read vs write separation. If \fBblocksize\fR is a range, the smallest block
 size is used as the metric.
 .TP
 .BI rate_iops_min \fR=\fPint
 If this rate of I/O is not met, the job will exit. The same format as \fBrate\fR
-is used for read vs write seperation.
+is used for read vs write separation.
 .TP
 .BI ratecycle \fR=\fPint
 Average bandwidth for \fBrate\fR and \fBratemin\fR over this number of
@@ -921,7 +922,7 @@ written file. If the data direction includes any form of write, the verify will
 be of the newly written data.
 .RE
 .TP
-.BI verify_sort \fR=\fPbool
+.BI verifysort \fR=\fPbool
 If true, written verify blocks are sorted if \fBfio\fR deems it to be faster to
 read them back in a sorted manner.  Default: true.
 .TP