diff --git a/src/uu/ptx/src/ptx.rs b/src/uu/ptx/src/ptx.rs
index a17f7c810..5b0c35093 100644
--- a/src/uu/ptx/src/ptx.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ptx/src/ptx.rs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ fn read_input(input_files: &[String], config: &Config) -> FileMap {
     file_map
 }
 
-/// Go through every lines in the input files and record each match occurance as a `WordRef`.
+/// Go through every lines in the input files and record each match occurrence as a `WordRef`.
 fn create_word_set(config: &Config, filter: &WordFilter, file_map: &FileMap) -> BTreeSet<WordRef> {
     let reg = Regex::new(&filter.word_regex).unwrap();
     let ref_reg = Regex::new(&config.context_regex).unwrap();
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ fn get_output_chunks(
         0,
     ) as usize;
 
-    // the tail chunk takes text starting from where the after chunk ends (with whitespaces trimmed).
+    // the tail chunk takes text starting from where the after chunk ends (with whitespace trimmed).
     let (tail_beg, _) = trim_idx(all_after, after_end, all_after.len());
 
     // end = begin + max length
@@ -493,10 +493,10 @@ fn format_tex_line(
     output.push_str(&format!("\\{} ", config.macro_name));
     let all_before = if config.input_ref {
         let before = &line[0..word_ref.position];
-        let before_start_trimoff =
+        let before_start_trim_offset =
             word_ref.position - before.trim_start_matches(reference).trim_start().len();
         let before_end_index = before.len();
-        &chars_line[before_start_trimoff..cmp::max(before_end_index, before_start_trimoff)]
+        &chars_line[before_start_trim_offset..cmp::max(before_end_index, before_start_trim_offset)]
     } else {
         let before_chars_trim_idx = (0, word_ref.position);
         &chars_line[before_chars_trim_idx.0..before_chars_trim_idx.1]
@@ -536,10 +536,10 @@ fn format_roff_line(
     output.push_str(&format!(".{}", config.macro_name));
     let all_before = if config.input_ref {
         let before = &line[0..word_ref.position];
-        let before_start_trimoff =
+        let before_start_trim_offset =
             word_ref.position - before.trim_start_matches(reference).trim_start().len();
         let before_end_index = before.len();
-        &chars_line[before_start_trimoff..cmp::max(before_end_index, before_start_trimoff)]
+        &chars_line[before_start_trim_offset..cmp::max(before_end_index, before_start_trim_offset)]
     } else {
         let before_chars_trim_idx = (0, word_ref.position);
         &chars_line[before_chars_trim_idx.0..before_chars_trim_idx.1]