diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn
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--- a/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ match all pages except for Discussion pages and the SandBox:
 
 Some more elaborate limits can be added to what matches using these functions:
 
-* "`link(page)`" - match only pages that link to a given page (or glob)
-* "`tagged(tag)`" - match pages that are tagged or link to the given tag (or
+* "`link(page)`" - matches only pages that link to a given page (or glob)
+* "`tagged(tag)`" - matches pages that are tagged or link to the given tag (or
   tags matched by a glob)
-* "`backlink(page)`" - match only pages that a given page links to
-* "`creation_month(month)`" - match only pages created on the given month
+* "`backlink(page)`" - matches only pages that a given page links to
+* "`creation_month(month)`" - matches only pages created on the given month
 * "`creation_day(mday)`" - or day of the month
 * "`creation_year(year)`" - or year
-* "`created_after(page)`" - match only pages created after the given page
+* "`created_after(page)`" - matches only pages created after the given page
   was created
-* "`created_before(page)`" - match only pages created before the given page
+* "`created_before(page)`" - matches only pages created before the given page
   was created
-* "`glob(someglob)`" - match pages that match the given glob. Just writing
+* "`glob(someglob)`" - matches pages that match the given glob. Just writing
   the glob by itself is actually a shorthand for this function.
 * "`internal(glob)`" - like `glob()`, but matches even internal-use 
   pages that globs do not usually match.