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diff --git a/man/mhbuild.man b/man/mhbuild.man
index c1237a75..b95c7948 100644
--- a/man/mhbuild.man
+++ b/man/mhbuild.man
@@ -765,18 +765,19 @@ switch will indicate which algorithm to use when encoding any message headers
 that contain 8\-bit characters.
 The valid arguments are
 .I base64
-for based\-64 encoding,
+for base\-64 encoding,
 .I quoted
 for quoted\-printable encoding, and
-.I 8bit
-for raw 8-bit encoding, which requires that all header field bodies be
-encoded as UTF-8 (RFC 6530) and that the SMTP server support SMTPUTF8
-(RFC 6531).
+.I utf\-8
+which requires that all 8\-bit header field bodies be encoded as UTF\-8
+(RFC 6530) and that the message be sent to a SMTP server that supports
+SMTPUTF8 (RFC 6531).
 The
 .B \-autoheaderencoding
-switch will instruct
+switch instructs
 .B mhbuild
-to automatically pick the algorithm that results in a shorter encoded string.
+to automatically pick the encoding, either base64 or quoted\-printable,
+that results in a shorter encoded string.
 .PP
 Putting this all together,
 here is an example of a more complicated message draft.
@@ -830,7 +831,7 @@ the
 switch, then
 .B mhbuild
 will encode each content with
-a transfer encoding, even it the content contains only 7\-bit data.
+a transfer encoding, even if the content contains only 7\-bit data.
 This
 is to increase the likelihood that the content is not changed while in
 transport.