diff --git a/share/man/man9/devctl_notify.9 b/share/man/man9/devctl_notify.9
index e47b407a8a8..9d490c6bfe9 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/devctl_notify.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/devctl_notify.9
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2020 M Warner Losh
 .\"
-.\" This program is free software.
-.\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 .\" are met:
diff --git a/share/man/man9/devctl_process_running.9 b/share/man/man9/devctl_process_running.9
index 69549015d44..8ac4e1c8b35 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/devctl_process_running.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/devctl_process_running.9
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2020 M Warner Losh
 .\"
-.\" This program is free software.
-.\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 .\" are met:
diff --git a/share/man/man9/devctl_safe_quote_sb.9 b/share/man/man9/devctl_safe_quote_sb.9
index 618810afd8b..7560fd7dcc4 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/devctl_safe_quote_sb.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/devctl_safe_quote_sb.9
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2020 M Warner Losh
 .\"
-.\" This program is free software.
-.\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 .\" are met:
@@ -38,12 +36,12 @@
 .Fn devctl_safe_quote_sb "struct sbuf *sb" "const char *src"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 Copy the string from
-.Vn src
+.Va src
 into
-.Vn sb .
+.Va sb .
 All backslash characters are doubled.
 All double quote characters
-.Sq "
+.Sq \&"
 are also preceded by a backslash.
 All other characters are copied without modification.
 The