diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ac1bf722..e22ca139 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@
 		is now a preliminary (read: needs testing) fix for
 		resizing the editor in any mode other than normal edit
 		mode.  Other fixes include some more tab completion
-		segfaults, and an silly segfault that occurred when
+		segfaults, and a silly segfault that occurred when
 		successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e. after
 		an initial write error).  Slowly but surely, on toward
 		1.0 we travel.
diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
index a2212565..dbff4870 100644
--- a/doc/nano.1
+++ b/doc/nano.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ of Pico, but is free software, and implements several features that Pico
 lacks, such as: opening multiple files, scrolling per line, undo/redo,
 syntax coloring, line numbering, and soft-wrapping overlong lines.
 
-When giving filename on the command line, the cursor can be put on a
+When giving a filename on the command line, the cursor can be put on a
 specific line by adding the line number with a plus sign (\fB+\fR) before
 the filename, and even in a specific column by adding it with a comma.