diff --git a/misc-utils/blkid.8 b/misc-utils/blkid.8
index 37d13bfad..f5f4f9d17 100644
--- a/misc-utils/blkid.8
+++ b/misc-utils/blkid.8
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ has two main forms of operation: either searching for a device with a
 specific NAME=value pair, or displaying NAME=value pairs for one or
 more specified devices.
 .SH OPTIONS
-The \fIsize\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by binary (2^N) 
-suffixes KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the
-same meaning as "KiB") or decimal (10^N) suffixes KB, MB, GB, PB and EB.
+The \fIsize\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by the multiplicative
+suffixes KiB=1024, MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
+(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes
+KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
 .TP
 .BI \-c " cachefile"
 Read from
diff --git a/misc-utils/wipefs.8 b/misc-utils/wipefs.8
index cee8ef75f..cecdc441f 100644
--- a/misc-utils/wipefs.8
+++ b/misc-utils/wipefs.8
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ Specify the location (in bytes) of the signature which should be erased from the
 device.  The \fIoffset\fR number may include a "0x" prefix; then the number will be
 interpreted as a hex value.  It is possible to specify multiple \fB-o\fR options.
 
-The \fIoffset\fR argument may be followed by binary (2^N) suffixes KiB, MiB,
-GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as
-"KiB") or decimal (10^N) suffixes KB, MB, GB, PB and EB.
+The \fIoffset\fR argument may be followed by the multiplicative
+suffixes KiB=1024, MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
+(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes
+KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
 .IP "\fB\-p, \-\-parsable\fP"
 Print out in parsable instead of printable format.  Encode all potentially unsafe
 characters of a string to the corresponding hex value prefixed by '\\x'.
diff --git a/sys-utils/fallocate.1 b/sys-utils/fallocate.1
index 653ebfbe4..49523343a 100644
--- a/sys-utils/fallocate.1
+++ b/sys-utils/fallocate.1
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ The exit code returned by
 is 0 on success and 1 on failure.
 .PP
 .SH OPTIONS
-The \fIlength\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by binary (2^N)
-suffixes KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the
-same meaning as "KiB") or decimal (10^N) suffixes KB, MB, GB, PB and EB.
+The \fIlength\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by the multiplicative
+suffixes KiB=1024, MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
+(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes
+KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
 .IP "\fB\-n, \-\-keep-size\fP"
 Do not modify the apparent length of the file.  This may effectively allocate
 blocks past EOF, which can be removed with a truncate.
diff --git a/sys-utils/fstrim.8 b/sys-utils/fstrim.8
index 18b5eafec..a23570312 100644
--- a/sys-utils/fstrim.8
+++ b/sys-utils/fstrim.8
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ is mounted.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 The \fIoffset\fR, \fIlength\fR, and \fIminimum-free-extent\fR arguments may be
-followed by binary (2^N) suffixes KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is
-optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or decimal (10^N) suffixes
-KB, MB, GB, PB and EB.
+followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB=1024, MiB=1024*1024, and so on for
+GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same
+meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, PB,
+EB, ZB and YB.
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
 Print help and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-o, \-\-offset\fP \fIoffset\fP"
diff --git a/sys-utils/losetup.8 b/sys-utils/losetup.8
index f50b072e0..9b5fe6109 100644
--- a/sys-utils/losetup.8
+++ b/sys-utils/losetup.8
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ to detach loop devices and to query the status of a loop device. If only the
 device is shown.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
-The \fIsize\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by binary (2^N)
-suffixes KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the
-same meaning as "KiB") or decimal (10^N) suffixes KB, MB, GB, PB and EB.
++The \fIsize\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by the multiplicative
++suffixes KiB=1024, MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
++(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes
++KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
 
 .IP "\fB\-a, \-\-all\fP"
 show status of all loop devices. Note that not all information are accessible
diff --git a/text-utils/hexdump.1 b/text-utils/hexdump.1
index 0b3a5256f..84ecaf4a7 100644
--- a/text-utils/hexdump.1
+++ b/text-utils/hexdump.1
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ utility is a filter which displays the specified files, or
 standard input if no files are specified, in a user-specified
 format.
 .SH OPTIONS
-The \fIlength\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by binary (2^N)
-suffixes KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the
-same meaning as "KiB") or decimal (10^N) suffixes KB, MB, GB, PB and EB.
+The \fIlength\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by the multiplicative
+suffixes KiB=1024, MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
+(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes
+KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
 .TP
 .B \-b
 \fIOne-byte octal display\fR.  Display the input offset in hexadecimal,