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diff --git a/mymail.1 b/mymail.1
index e0f89f1..57a7bda 100644
--- a/mymail.1
+++ b/mymail.1
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ directories following the options on the command lines
 \fB-o <output filename>\fR, \fB--output <output filename>\fR set the
 result mbox filename. If it is not set, the standard output is used
 .TP
-\fB-a <search field>\fR, \fB--default-search <search field>\fR
-set the default search field. If a search request is not understood,
-it is interpreted as the regexp with this default search field
+\fB-a <search key>\fR, \fB--default-search <search key>\fR
+set the default search key. If a search request is not understood,
+it is interpreted as the regexp with this default search key
 
 .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
 
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ defaut value for the --db-file argument
 
 .SH "SEARCH SYNTAX"
 
-The search conditions take the form of a single letter followed by a
-space and a regexp, which can itself contain spaces. If the condition
-is prefaced by the character "!" it is negated, and has to be false
-for a mail to be selected.
+The search conditions take the form of a key which is a single letter,
+followed by a space and a regexp, which can itself contain spaces. If
+the condition is prefaced by the character "!" it is negated, and has
+to be false for a mail to be selected.
 
-The time-based condition use as reference the time indicated in the
+The time-based conditions use as reference the time indicated in the
 heading From line, and not in the Date: field.
 
 .TP
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ selects mails received during the last 8, 24, 24, 48, 7 * 24 hours, 31 *
 selects mails received between 48h and 24h ago.
 .TP
 \fBmonday\fR, \fBtuesday\fR, ..., \fBsunday\fR
-selects mails received the most recent such day of the week
+selects mails received the most recent such day of the week.
 
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ The search in the mail bodies does not decode mimencoding mails, hence
 will not catch patterns in encoded text.
 
 The mbox format is not clear for multipart messages, since the ^"From
-" lines are not always quoted properly (at least the ones I have to
-test).
+" lines are not always quoted properly (at least the ones I use for
+testing).
 
 .SH "AUTHOR"