diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/bloom.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/bloom.sgml
index 6eeaddee09..fa59d0a5da 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/bloom.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/bloom.sgml
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
Number of bits generated for each index column. Each parameter's name
refers to the number of the index column that it controls. The default
- is 2 bits and maximum is 4095. Parameters for
- index columns not actually used are ignored.
+ is 2 bits and the maximum is 4095.
+ Parameters for index columns not actually used are ignored.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 00ee5a0a1e..448cd50365 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS numeric_literal, REM
SET NOT NULL may only be applied to a column
- providing none of the records in the table contain a
+ provided none of the records in the table contain a
NULL value for the column. Ordinarily this is
checked during the ALTER TABLE by scanning the
entire table; however, if a valid CHECK constraint is