diff --git a/man/binfmt.d.xml b/man/binfmt.d.xml
index e997bcf21c..1cc75da9ac 100644
--- a/man/binfmt.d.xml
+++ b/man/binfmt.d.xml
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@
 
                 <para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
                 <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
-                Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
+                Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override
                 files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
-                Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite files with
+                Files in <filename>/run</filename> override files with
                 the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and
                 <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should install their
                 configuration files in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files
                 in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
-                administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
+                administration, which possibly decides to override the
                 configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
                 by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
                 directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
diff --git a/man/modules-load.d.xml b/man/modules-load.d.xml
index 91d230c35a..01013e0222 100644
--- a/man/modules-load.d.xml
+++ b/man/modules-load.d.xml
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@
 
                 <para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
                 <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
-                Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
+                Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override
                 files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
-                Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite files with
+                Files in <filename>/run</filename> override files with
                 the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and
                 <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should install their
                 configuration files in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files
                 in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
-                administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
+                administration, which possibly decides to override the
                 configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
                 by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
                 directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 29481e7182..b5ae48cb44 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
                                 <term><option>-f</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>When used with
-                                <command>enable</command>, override any
+                                <command>enable</command>, overwrite any
                                 existing conflicting
                                 symlinks.</para></listitem>