It was apparent that some parts of the man page were written by
non-native English speaker(s), so I figured I'd help out somewhat:
--- qemu/qemu.1.orig 2011-04-16 14:33:06.000000000 -0500
+++ qemu/qemu.1 2011-04-16 14:36:38.000000000 -0500
@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@
Available types are: ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash, virtio.
.IP "\fBbus=\fR\fIbus\fR\fB,unit=\fR\fIunit\fR" 4
.IX Item "bus=bus,unit=unit"
-These options define where is connected the drive by defining the bus
number and
+These options define where the drive by is connected defining the bus
number and
the unit id.
.IP "\fBindex=\fR\fIindex\fR" 4
.IX Item "index=index"
-This option defines where is connected the drive by using an index in the list
+This option defines where the drive is connected by using an index in the list
of available connectors of a given interface type.
.IP "\fBmedia=\fR\fImedia\fR" 4
.IX Item "media=media"
@@ -376,10 +376,10 @@
incremented:
.Sp
.Vb 1
-\& qemu \-drive file=a \-drive file=b"
+\& qemu \-drive file=a \-drive file=b
.Ve
.Sp
-is interpreted like:
+is interpreted as:
.Sp
.Vb 1
\& qemu \-hda a \-hdb b