diff --git a/nasm.1 b/nasm.1
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 .TH NASM 1 "The Netwide Assembler Project"
 .SH NAME
-nasm \- the Netwide Assembler \- portable 80x86 assembler
+nasm \- the Netwide Assembler, a portable 80x86 assembler
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B nasm
 [
diff --git a/ndisasm.1 b/ndisasm.1
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 .\"
 .TH NDISASM 1 "The Netwide Assembler Project"
 .SH NAME
-ndisasm \- the Netwide Disassembler \- 80x86 binary file disassembler
+ndisasm \- the Netwide Disassembler, an 80x86 binary file disassembler
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B ndisasm
 [