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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml4
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
index 4c1d618e951c..b1ad544c04b6 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
 
     <listitem><para>Return element <replaceable>n</replaceable> from
     the list <replaceable>xs</replaceable>.  Elements are counted
-    starting from 0.  A fatal error occurs in the index is out of
+    starting from 0.  A fatal error occurs if the index is out of
     bounds.</para></listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ in foo</programlisting>
       <listitem><para>A set containing <literal>{ __toString = self: ...; }</literal>.</para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>An integer.</para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>A list, in which case the string representations of its elements are joined with spaces.</para></listitem>
-      <listitem><para>A Boolean (<literal>false</literal> yields <literal>""</literal>, <literal>true</literal> yields <literal>"1"</literal>.</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>A Boolean (<literal>false</literal> yields <literal>""</literal>, <literal>true</literal> yields <literal>"1"</literal>).</para></listitem>
       <listitem><para><literal>null</literal>, which yields the empty string.</para></listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml
index 0348c082b205..7326a3e76ad5 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/simple-building-testing.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ use <command>nix-build</command>’s <option
 linkend='opt-out-link'>-o</option> switch to give the symlink another
 name.</para>
 
-<para>Nix has a transactional semantics.  Once a build finishes
+<para>Nix has transactional semantics.  Once a build finishes
 successfully, Nix makes a note of this in its database: it registers
 that the path denoted by <envar>out</envar> is now
 <quote>valid</quote>.  If you try to build the derivation again, Nix