diff --git a/man8/prt-get.8 b/man8/prt-get.8
index 20471d9..23e8f2f 100644
--- a/man8/prt-get.8
+++ b/man8/prt-get.8
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ for the list command. Make sure you escape where needed
 
 .TP 
 .B printf <format string1> [\-\-sort=<format string2>] [\-\-filter=<filter>]
-Print formated port list format string can contain variables, which
+Print formatted port list format string can contain variables, which
 are replaced like this:
 .TP 
 \ \ \ \(bu
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ any other port currently installed. Output appears alphabetically separated by n
 suitable for process substitution as shown in the
 .B EXAMPLES
 section below. Note that some core ports might be runtime
-dependencies despite their absence in the "Depends on:" line; see Pkgfile(5)
+dependencies despite their absence in the "Depends on:" line; see \fBPkgfile(5)\fP
 for an explanation of this practice. Also remember that this operation does NOT account for soft
 (optional) dependencies. Removing a non-core package returned by this command might require a
 rebuild of other packages; use revdep(1) to locate such breakage.
@@ -543,13 +543,14 @@ Use <dir> as root directory for your installation; allows you to install the req
 onto a different directory than '/'. In daily usage, this option is not required; it's primarily
 interesting if you're developing an independent installation.
 
-Most of the commands fully respect the setting for --install-root, and behave as if you chrooted to
-<dir> before running the command (except that the programs \fBprt\-get, pkgmk, pkgadd, pkgrm\fP
-are those on the parent filesystem, not those under <dir>). This can lead to surprising side effects
-if, for example, /etc/pkgadd.conf has different directives than <dir>/etc/pkgadd.conf. In order to
-preserve the \fBpkgadd.conf(5)\fP settings from the host system, append the option --aargs='-c
-/etc/pkgadd.conf' to your \fBprt-get install\fP command, or just copy the desired directives into
-<dir>/etc/pkgadd.conf .
+The setting for --install-root determines which package database is used for reading/writing (so
+<dir>/var/lib/pkg/db must exist), and where the pkg.tar.?z archives get unpacked, but the
+relevant prt\-get.conf and ports tree are those on the parent filesystem. Therefore it is not
+necessary for <dir> to contain its own copy of the ports tree, or even a copy of prt-get.conf.
+However, if <dir>/etc/pkgadd.conf exists and is different from /etc/pkgadd.conf, then install or
+update commands might behave unexpectedly. In order to preserve the \fBpkgadd.conf(5)\fP settings
+from the host system, append the option --aargs='-c /etc/pkgadd.conf' to your \fBprt-get install\fP
+command, or just copy the desired directives into <dir>/etc/pkgadd.conf .
 
 .TP 
 .B \-\-log