diff --git a/lib/procio.3 b/lib/procio.3
index f7ae1d67..5b8c2187 100644
--- a/lib/procio.3
+++ b/lib/procio.3
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ the beginning of the file.
 .BR w [ <del> ]
 Open a file below
 .I /proc/##
-for writing even large buffers.  The optional delimeter character
+for writing even large buffers.  The optional delimiter character
 can be one of the follwoing
 .BR '\ ' ,\  ',' ,\  '.' ,\ and\  ':'
 where the default is the comma
 .BR ',' .
-This allows splitting very large input lines into pieces at this
-delimeter and writing each of them to the opened file below
+This allows to split very large input lines into pieces at this
+delimiter and write each of them to the opened file below
 .IR /proc/## .
 .TP
 .B e