diff --git a/pages/common/atool.md b/pages/common/atool.md
index c97d80b6fd8557..bee393b337c8ac 100644
--- a/pages/common/atool.md
+++ b/pages/common/atool.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 `atool {{[-X|--extract-to]}} {{path/to/output_directory}} {{archive.rar}}`
 
-- Display a specific file's content from an archive to standard output (like `cat`):
+- Display a specific file's content from an archive to `stdout` (like `cat`):
 
 `atool {{[-c|--cat]}} {{archive.tar}} {{path/to/file_in_archive.txt}}`
 
diff --git a/pages/common/elasticsearch-keystore.md b/pages/common/elasticsearch-keystore.md
index 646dc4c4fee590..2f385977984a3d 100644
--- a/pages/common/elasticsearch-keystore.md
+++ b/pages/common/elasticsearch-keystore.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 `elasticsearch-keystore add {{setting_name}}`
 
-- Add a setting from standard input:
+- Add a setting from `stdin`:
 
 `echo "{{setting_value}}" | elasticsearch-keystore add --stdin {{setting_name}}`
 
diff --git a/pages/common/kubectl-cluster-info.md b/pages/common/kubectl-cluster-info.md
index e0225392c0c134..3cf55b1e08a8fd 100644
--- a/pages/common/kubectl-cluster-info.md
+++ b/pages/common/kubectl-cluster-info.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 `kubectl cluster-info`
 
-- Dump current cluster state to standard output (for debugging):
+- Dump current cluster state to `stdout` (for debugging):
 
 `kubectl cluster-info dump`
 
diff --git a/pages/common/kubectl-proxy.md b/pages/common/kubectl-proxy.md
index 5de8442071dacc..29eb0d7f9a730b 100644
--- a/pages/common/kubectl-proxy.md
+++ b/pages/common/kubectl-proxy.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 `kubectl proxy {{[-p|--port]}} {{port}} {{[-w|--www]}} {{path/to/static_dir}}`
 
-- Run a proxy on a random local port, printing the chosen port to stdout:
+- Run a proxy on a random local port, printing the chosen port to `stdout`:
 
 `kubectl proxy {{[-p|--port]}} 0`
 
diff --git a/pages/common/llvm-mc.md b/pages/common/llvm-mc.md
index 633557afb4fb9e..1812baf0645ca2 100644
--- a/pages/common/llvm-mc.md
+++ b/pages/common/llvm-mc.md
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 
 `llvm-mc -o {{path/to/output.s}} {{path/to/input.bc}}`
 
-- Assemble assembly code from standard input stream and show encoding to standard output stream:
+- Assemble assembly code from `stdin` and show encoding to `stdout`:
 
 `echo "{{addl %eax, %ebx}}" | llvm-mc -show-encoding -show-inst`
 
-- Disassemble machine code from standard input stream for specified triple:
+- Disassemble machine code from `stdin` for specified triple:
 
 `echo "{{0xCD 0x21}}" | llvm-mc --disassemble -triple={{target_name}}`
diff --git a/pages/common/pkl.md b/pages/common/pkl.md
index bbcad71f417e57..e1a6d5c1636366 100644
--- a/pages/common/pkl.md
+++ b/pages/common/pkl.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 `pkl eval {{module.pkl}}`
 
-- Run as a server that communicates over standard input/output:
+- Run as a server that communicates over `stdin` and `stdout`:
 
 `pkl server`
 
diff --git a/pages/common/python-m-json.tool.md b/pages/common/python-m-json.tool.md
index 449e99670dcd95..40b666dc43c4e9 100644
--- a/pages/common/python-m-json.tool.md
+++ b/pages/common/python-m-json.tool.md
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 
 `python -m json.tool {{path/to/file.json}}`
 
-- Validate and pretty-print JSON from standard input:
+- Validate and pretty-print JSON from `stdin`:
 
 `echo '{{{"key": "value"}}}' | python -m json.tool`
diff --git a/pages/common/socat.md b/pages/common/socat.md
index 79ddfa8ac6a3e6..2a2e0fa4f9624b 100644
--- a/pages/common/socat.md
+++ b/pages/common/socat.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 `sudo socat - TCP-LISTEN:8080,fork`
 
-- Listen on a port using SSL and print to STDOUT:
+- Listen on a port using SSL and print to `stdout`:
 
 `sudo socat OPENSSL-LISTEN:4433,reuseaddr,cert=./cert.pem,cafile=./ca.cert.pem,key=./key.pem,verify=0 STDOUT`
 
diff --git a/pages/common/st.2.md b/pages/common/st.2.md
index 0929801d92bd9c..907075a5d85df0 100644
--- a/pages/common/st.2.md
+++ b/pages/common/st.2.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 `st {{path/to/file}}`
 
-- Print statistics from standard input:
+- Print statistics from `stdin`:
 
 `cat {{path/to/file}} | st`
 
diff --git a/pages/linux/aa-decode.md b/pages/linux/aa-decode.md
index ca12cab7c87d04..c695119cac85a0 100644
--- a/pages/linux/aa-decode.md
+++ b/pages/linux/aa-decode.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 `sudo aa-decode {{logfile}}`
 
-- Decode logs from standard input (e.g., redirected file):
+- Decode logs from `stdin` (e.g., redirected file):
 
 `sudo aa-decode - < {{logfile}}`
 
diff --git a/pages/linux/patool.md b/pages/linux/patool.md
index 77fa64b18dbce2..7eea36624d8d64 100644
--- a/pages/linux/patool.md
+++ b/pages/linux/patool.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 `patool list {{path/to/archive}}`
 
-- Compare the contents of two archives and display the differences in the standard output:
+- Compare the contents of two archives and display the differences in `stdout`:
 
 `patool diff {{path/to/archive1}} {{path/to/archive2}}`
 
diff --git a/pages/osx/rargs.md b/pages/osx/rargs.md
index 00c467de09f258..f86c0cf5dcbbfc 100644
--- a/pages/osx/rargs.md
+++ b/pages/osx/rargs.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # rargs
 
-> Execute a command for each line of standard input.
+> Execute a command for each line of `stdin`.
 > Like `xargs`, but with pattern matching support.
 > More information: <https://github.com/lotabout/rargs>.