diff --git a/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex b/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex
index a9eaf0f7d8..a092196de5 100644
--- a/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex
+++ b/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex
@@ -333,14 +333,14 @@ configured values, the picture will be placed according to the flags to the
   \item \config{maxwidth}:
     \begin{description}
       \item[\config{l}.] Align left
-      \item[\config{c}.] Align center (default)
+      \item[\config{c}.] Align centre (default)
       \item[\config{r}.] Align right
     \end{description}
   \item \config{maxheight}:
     \begin{description}
-      \item[\config{t}.] Align left
-      \item[\config{c}.] Align center (default)
-      \item[\config{b}.] Align right
+      \item[\config{t}.] Align top
+      \item[\config{c}.] Align centre (default)
+      \item[\config{b}.] Align bottom
     \end{description}
 \end{itemize}
 
@@ -359,12 +359,12 @@ Examples:
 \begin{table}
   \begin{tagmap}{}{}
     \config{\%al} & Align the text left\\
-    \config{\%ac} & Center the text\\
+    \config{\%ac} & Centre the text\\
     \config{\%ar} & Align the text right\\
   \end{tagmap}
 \end{table}
 All alignment tags may be present in one line, but they need to be in the 
-order left -- center -- right. If the aligned texts overlap, they are merged.
+order left -- centre -- right. If the aligned texts overlap, they are merged.
 
 \section{Conditional Tags}