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diff --git a/doc/man/lttng-ust.3 b/doc/man/lttng-ust.3
index aa52c590..26841d02 100644
--- a/doc/man/lttng-ust.3
+++ b/doc/man/lttng-ust.3
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Link liblttng-ust.so with applications, following this manpage.
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 
 .PP
-LTTng-UST, the Linux Trace Toolkit Next Generation Userspace Tracer, is
+LTTng-UST, the Linux Trace Toolkit Next Generation Userspace Tracer, is a
 port of the low-overhead tracing capabilities of the LTTng kernel tracer
 to user-space. The library "liblttng-ust" enables tracing of
 applications and libraries.
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ TRACEPOINT_EVENT(
 		ctf_float(double, doublefield, doublearg)
 	)
 )
+
+There can be an arbitrary number of tracepoint providers within an
+application, but they must each have their own provider name. Duplicate
+provider names are not allowed.
+
 .fi
 
 .SH "ASSIGNING LOGLEVEL TO EVENTS"
@@ -168,7 +173,7 @@ following construct:
 	TRACEPOINT_LOGLEVEL(< [com_company_]project[_component] >,
 		< event >, < loglevel_name >)
 
- The first field is the provider name, the second field is the name of
+The first field is the provider name, the second field is the name of
 the tracepoint, and the third field is the loglevel name.  A
 TRACEPOINT_EVENT should be declared prior to the the TRACEPOINT_LOGLEVEL
 for a given tracepoint name. The TRACEPOINT_PROVIDER must be already
@@ -249,7 +254,7 @@ lttng(1) through lttng-sessiond(8).
 Even though LTTng-UST supports tracepoint() call site duplicates having
 the same provider and event name, it is recommended to use a
 provider event name pair only once within the source code to help
-mapping events back to their call sites when analyzing the trace.
+map events back to their call sites when analyzing the trace.
 .fi
 
 .SH "BUILDING/LINKING THE TRACEPOINT PROVIDER"
@@ -378,7 +383,7 @@ lttng-sessiond(8)
 
 .PP
 Older lttng-ust libraries reject more recent, and incompatible, probe
-providers. Newer lttng-ust librairies accept older probe providers, even
+providers. Newer lttng-ust libraries accept older probe providers, even
 though some newer features might not be available with those providers.
 .PP