diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso.1 b/xorriso/xorriso.1
index 05c1107d..caae64c3 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso.1
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH XORRISO 1 "Feb 17, 2010"
+.TH XORRISO 1 "Feb 28, 2010"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ prefix "stdio:" to other paths.
 .B Rock Ridge, POSIX, X/Open, El Torito, ACL, xattr:
 .br
 .B Rock Ridge
-is the name of a set of additional informations which enhance
+is the name of a set of additional information which enhance
 an ISO 9660 filesystem so that it can represent a POSIX compliant filesystem
 with ownership, access permissions, symbolic links, and other attributes.
 .br
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ the lists and settings.
 "on" re-enables exclusion processing.
 .br
 "param_off" applies exclusion processing only to paths below disk_path
-parameter of commands. I.e. explicitely given disk_paths are exempted
+parameter of commands. I.e. explicitly given disk_paths are exempted
 from exclusion processing.
 .br
 "param_on" applies exclusion processing to command parameters as well as
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ If enabled by "on", generate Joliet info additional to Rock Ridge info.
 Adjust the compliance to specifications of ISO 9660 and its contemporary
 extensions. In some
 cases it is worth to deviate a bit in order to circumvent bugs of the intended
-reader system or to get inofficial extra features.
+reader system or to get unofficial extra features.
 .br
 There are several adjustable rules which have a keyword each. If they
 are mentioned with this option then their rule gets added to the relaxation
@@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ by subsequent "aaip_susp_1_10".
 Default is "old_rr" which uses Rock Ridge version 1.10. This implies also 
 "aaip_susp_1_10" which may be changed by subsequent "aaip_susp_1_10_off".
 .br
-"aaip_susp_1_10" allows AAIP to be written as inofficial extension of RRIP
+"aaip_susp_1_10" allows AAIP to be written as unofficial extension of RRIP
 rather than as official extension under SUSP-1.12.
 .br
 Default setting is
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@ Emit an appropriate command line for mounting the ISO session
 indicated by drive, entity and id.
 The result will be different on GNU/Linux and on FreeBSD.
 .br
-drive can be "indev" or "outdev" to indicate already aquired drives,
+drive can be "indev" or "outdev" to indicate already acquired drives,
 or it can be the path of a not yet acquired drive.
 Prefix "stdio:" for non-MMC drives is not mandatory.
 .br
@@ -2820,7 +2820,7 @@ Option "o_excl_on" is the default unless the program was started with leafname
 "osirrox". On GNU/Linux it tries to avoid using drives which are mounted or in
 use by other libburn programs.
 Option "o_excl_off" allows on GNU/Linux to access such drives. Drives which
-get aquired while "o_excl_off" will refuse to get blanked, formatted, 
+get acquired while "o_excl_off" will refuse to get blanked, formatted, 
 written, or ejected. But be aware that even harmless inquiries can spoil
 ongoing burns of CD-R[W] and DVD-R[W].
 .TP
@@ -2978,10 +2978,10 @@ The scope is only a single data track per session to be written
 to blank, overwriteable, or appendable media. The media gets closed if 
 closing is applicable and not option -multi is present.
 .br
-An eventually aquired input drive is given up.
+An eventually acquired input drive is given up.
 This is only allowed if no image changes are pending.
 .br
-dev= must be given as xorriso device address. Adresses like 0,0,0 or ATA:1,1,0
+dev= must be given as xorriso device address. Addresses like 0,0,0 or ATA:1,1,0
 are not supported.
 .br
 If a track source is given, then an automatic -commit happens at the end of
@@ -3314,12 +3314,12 @@ argument rules but finally the same effect: they put files into the image.
 Some settings are already given as start argument. The other activities
 are done as dialog input. The pager gets set to 20 lines of 80 characters.
 .br
-The drive is aquired by option -dev rather than -outdev in order to see
+The drive is acquired by option -dev rather than -outdev in order to see
 the message about its current content. By option -blank this content is
 made ready for being overwritten and the loaded ISO image is made empty.
 .br
 In order to be able to eject the media, the session needs to be committed
-explicitely.
+explicitly.
 .br
 .B $ xorriso -dialog on -page 20 80 -disk_pattern on
 .br
@@ -3558,7 +3558,7 @@ accordingly.
 ACL, xattr, hard links and MD5 checksums will be recorded.
 Accelerated comparison is enabled at the expense of potentially larger backup
 size. Only media with the expected volume id or blank media are accepted.
-Files with names matching *.o or *.swp get excluded explicitely.
+Files with names matching *.o or *.swp get excluded explicitly.
 .br
 When done with writing the new session gets checked by its recorded MD5.
 .br