diff --git a/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc
index b1d08762..0c84a045 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ variable has to be spelled out within the body of the expansion
 Markup strings
 --------------
 In certain contexts, Kakoune can take a markup string, which is a string
-containing formatting informations.  In these strings, the {facename}
+containing formatting informations. In these strings, the {facename}
 syntax will enable the face facename until another face gets activated,
 or the end of the string is reached.
 
diff --git a/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc
index 4d9ccd06..95159087 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ Types
 	is not a valid regex
 *int-list*, *str-list*::
 	a list, elements are separated by a colon (:) if an element needs
-	to contain a colon, it can be escaped
-	with a backslash
+	to contain a colon, it can be escaped with a backslash
 *range-faces*::
 	a `:` separated list of a pair of a buffer range
 	(`<begin line>.<begin column>,<end line>.<end column>` or
-	`<begin line>.<begin column>+<length>`) and  a face (separated by `|`),
+	`<begin line>.<begin column>+<length>`) and a face (separated by `|`),
 	except for the first element which is just the timestamp of the buffer.
 *line-flags*::
 	a `:` separated list of a line number and a corresponding flag
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ Builtin options
 	Two special atoms are available as markup:
 
 		*`{{mode_info}}`*:::
-			Information about the current mode, such as  `insert 3 sel` or
+			Information about the current mode, such as `insert 3 sel` or
 			`prompt`. The faces used are StatusLineMode, StatusLineInfo,
 			and StatusLineValue.
 
diff --git a/doc/manpages/registers.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/registers.asciidoc
index 9e3366f8..eb8e45c5 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/registers.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/registers.asciidoc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ registers - a
 Description
 -----------
 Registers are named lists of text -instead of simply text- in order to interact
-well with multiselection.  They are used for various purposes, like storing
+well with multiselection. They are used for various purposes, like storing
 the last yanked text, or the captured groups associated with the selections.
 
 Interacting