diff --git a/doc/configuration.xml b/doc/configuration.xml
index cb660452d828..a68ae739f52e 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.xml
+++ b/doc/configuration.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   However, this does not allow unfree software for individual users. Their configurations are managed separately.
  </para>
  <para>
-  A user's of nixpkgs configuration is stored in a user-specific configuration file located at <filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>. For example:
+  A user's nixpkgs configuration is stored in a user-specific configuration file located at <filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>. For example:
 <programlisting>
 {
   allowUnfree = true;
diff --git a/doc/stdenv.xml b/doc/stdenv.xml
index 5495ce29ce31..0b59f90eb490 100644
--- a/doc/stdenv.xml
+++ b/doc/stdenv.xml
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ someVar=$(stripHash $name)
     </term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Convenience function for <literal>makeWrapper</literal> that automatically creates a sane wrapper file It takes all the same arguments as <literal>makeWrapper</literal>, except for <literal>--argv0</literal>.
+      Convenience function for <literal>makeWrapper</literal> that automatically creates a sane wrapper file. It takes all the same arguments as <literal>makeWrapper</literal>, except for <literal>--argv0</literal>.
      </para>
      <para>
       It cannot be applied multiple times, since it will overwrite the wrapper file.
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ addEnvHooks "$hostOffset" myBashFunction
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   Here are some more packages that provide a setup hook. Since the list of hooks is extensible, this is not an exhaustive list the mechanism is only to be used as a last resort, it might cover most uses.
+   Here are some more packages that provide a setup hook. Since the list of hooks is extensible, this is not an exhaustive list. The mechanism is only to be used as a last resort, so it might cover most uses.
    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
      <term>