diff --git a/share/man/man4/joy.4 b/share/man/man4/joy.4
index 3601e6941f3..c262870e659 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/joy.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/joy.4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"
-.\"	$Id: joy.4,v 1.8 1997/03/07 02:49:46 jmg Exp $
+.\"	$Id: joy.4,v 1.9 1998/03/12 07:30:33 charnier Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd January 23, 1995
 .Dt JOY 4 i386
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ the PC joystick.
 .Pp
 This device may be opened by only one process at a time.
 .Pp
-The joystick status is get in an structure joystick via a read()
+The joystick status is read from a structure via a read()
 call. The structure is defined in the header file as follows:
 .Pp
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/joy.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/joy.4
index 3601e6941f3..c262870e659 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/joy.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/joy.4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"
-.\"	$Id: joy.4,v 1.8 1997/03/07 02:49:46 jmg Exp $
+.\"	$Id: joy.4,v 1.9 1998/03/12 07:30:33 charnier Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd January 23, 1995
 .Dt JOY 4 i386
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ the PC joystick.
 .Pp
 This device may be opened by only one process at a time.
 .Pp
-The joystick status is get in an structure joystick via a read()
+The joystick status is read from a structure via a read()
 call. The structure is defined in the header file as follows:
 .Pp
 .Bd -literal -offset indent