diff --git a/manpages/shorewall-hosts.xml b/manpages/shorewall-hosts.xml
index 2c5586354..231b2da35 100644
--- a/manpages/shorewall-hosts.xml
+++ b/manpages/shorewall-hosts.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     place anything in this file.</para>
 
     <para>The order of entries in this file is not significant in determining
-    zone composition. Rather, the order that the zones are defined in <ulink
+    zone composition. Rather, the order that the zones are declared in <ulink
     url="shorewall-zones.html">shorewall-zones</ulink>(5) determines the order
     in which the records in this file are interpreted.</para>
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <emphasis>zone-name</emphasis></term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>The name of a zone defined in <ulink
+          <para>The name of a zone declared in <ulink
           url="shorewall-zones.html">shorewall-zones</ulink>(5). You may not
           list the firewall zone in this column.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@
 
           <orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
             <listitem>
-              <para>The IP address of a host.</para>
+              <para>The IP <replaceable>address</replaceable> of a
+              host.</para>
             </listitem>
 
             <listitem>
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>A comma-separated list of options from the following list. The
           order in which you list the options is not significant but the list
-          should have no embedded white space.</para>
+          must have no embedded white space.</para>
 
           <variablelist>
             <varlistentry>