diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -204,11 +204,10 @@
 Exclude members of the specified
 .Ar groupname
 from the output.
-.Ar groupname .
 .Pp
-Only one option
+Only one
 .Fl G
-should be specified as later override previous ones
+option should be specified as later ones override earlier ones.
 .Ar groupname
 may contain shell patterns in which case it should be quoted.
 .Pp
@@ -234,9 +233,9 @@
 .Ar groupname .
 Any other flags and arguments are ignored in this case.
 .Pp
-Only one option
+Only one
 .Fl g
-should be specified as later override previous ones
+option should be specified as later ones override previous ones.
 .Ar groupname
 may contain shell patterns in which case it should be quoted.
 .Pp