--- cci/usr/src/man/man2/stat.2	2019/07/28 12:24:19	1.1
+++ cci/usr/src/man/man2/stat.2	2019/07/28 12:26:34	1.1.1.2
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ is set to indicate the error.
 .I Stat
 and
 .I lstat
-will fail if one or more of the following are true:
+fails if one or more of the following are true:
 .TP 15
 [ENOTDIR]
 A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ or
 points to an invalid address.
 .PP
 .I Fstat
-will fail if one or both of the following are true:
+fails if one or both of the following are true:
 .TP 15
 [EBADF]
 .I Fildes
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ The fields in the stat structure current
 .IR st_spare2 ,
 and
 .I st_spare3
-are present in preparation for inode time stamps expanding
+are being prepared for inode time stamps expanding
 to 64 bits.  This, however, can break certain programs which
 depend on the time stamps being contiguous (in calls to
 .IR utimes (2)).