Consistent with other options and our manuals in general.
Index: cksum.1
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RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/md5/cksum.1,v
retrieving revision 1.40
diff -u -p -r1.40 cksum.1
--- cksum.1 4 Aug 2022 06:20:24 -0000 1.40
+++ cksum.1 17 Aug 2023 01:31:19 -0000
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Place the checksum into
.Ar hashfile
instead of stdout.
.It Fl p
-Echoes stdin to stdout and appends the
+Echo stdin to stdout and append the
checksum to stdout.
.It Fl q
Only print the checksum (quiet mode) or if used in conjunction with the
@@ -141,16 +141,16 @@ flag, only print the failed cases.
Reverse the format of the hash algorithm output, making
it match the checksum output format.
.It Fl s Ar string
-Prints a checksum of the given
+Print a checksum of the given
.Ar string .
.It Fl t
-Runs a built-in time trial.
+Run a built-in time trial.
Specifying
.Fl t
multiple times results in the number of rounds being multiplied
by 10 for each additional flag.
.It Fl x
-Runs a built-in test script.
+Run a built-in test script.
.El
.Pp
The default CRC used is based on the polynomial used for CRC error checking
Index: md5.1
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RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/md5/md5.1,v
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -p -r1.48 md5.1
--- md5.1 25 Jan 2019 00:19:25 -0000 1.48
+++ md5.1 17 Aug 2023 01:31:54 -0000
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Place the checksum into
.Ar hashfile
instead of stdout.
.It Fl p
-Echoes stdin to stdout and appends the
+Echo stdin to stdout and append the
checksum to stdout.
.It Fl q
Only print the checksum (quiet mode) or if used in conjunction with the
@@ -100,16 +100,16 @@ Reverse the format of the hash algorithm
it match the output format used by
.Xr cksum 1 .
.It Fl s Ar string
-Prints a checksum of the given
+Print a checksum of the given
.Ar string .
.It Fl t
-Runs a built-in time trial.
+Run a built-in time trial.
Specifying
.Fl t
multiple times results in the number of rounds being multiplied
by 10 for each additional flag.
.It Fl x
-Runs a built-in test script.
+Run a built-in test script.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
These utilities exit 0 on success,
