diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.3
index 22021d5b6af..a0475864484 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.3
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ The ability to interrupt the CPU.
 The ability to invert the sense of the hardware conditions being
 measured.
 .It Li PMC_CAP_READ
-PMC hardware allows the CPU to read performance counters.
+The ability to read from performance counters.
 .It Li PMC_CAP_QUALIFIER
 The hardware allows monitored to be further qualified in some
 system dependent way.
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ programmable threshold.
 The ability to restrict counting of hardware events to those when the
 CPU is running unprivileged code.
 .It Li PMC_CAP_WRITE
-PMC hardware allows CPUs write to counters.
+The ability to write to performance counters.
 .El
 .Ss Functional Grouping
 This section contains a brief overview of the available functionality