diff --git a/wal.sgml b/wal.sgml
index 0afb9d6..af594b8 100644
--- a/wal.sgml
+++ b/wal.sgml
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
    committing at about the same time.  Setting <varname>commit_delay</varname>
    can only help when there are many concurrently committing transactions,
    and it is difficult to tune it to a value that actually helps rather
-   than hurt throughput.
+   than hurts throughput.
   </para>
 
  </sect1>
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@
    space for the new record, <function>LogInsert</function> will have
    to write (move to kernel cache) a few filled <acronym>WAL</acronym>
    buffers. This is undesirable because <function>LogInsert</function>
-   is used on every database low level modification (for example, row
+   is used on every database row level modification (for example, row
    insertion) at a time when an exclusive lock is held on affected
    data pages, so the operation needs to be as fast as possible.  What
    is worse, writing <acronym>WAL</acronym> buffers might also force the
-- 
1.7.4.1