diff --git a/docs/Homebrew-linuxbrew-core-Maintainer-Guide.md b/docs/Homebrew-linuxbrew-core-Maintainer-Guide.md
index ca82bb8ddf..5b09ee21ce 100644
--- a/docs/Homebrew-linuxbrew-core-Maintainer-Guide.md
+++ b/docs/Homebrew-linuxbrew-core-Maintainer-Guide.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ brew merge-homebrew --core
 ```
 
 Merging all the changes from upstream in one go is usually
-undesireable since our build servers will time out. Instead, attempt
+undesirable since our build servers will time out. Instead, attempt
 to only merge 8-10 modified formulae.
 
 `git log --oneline master..homebrew/master` will show a list of all
diff --git a/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md b/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md
index 95b5ae97e0..3fa60676b5 100644
--- a/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md
+++ b/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Homebrew's audience includes users with a wide range of education and experience
 
 We strive for "correct" but not "fancy" usage. Think newspaper article, not academic paper.
 
-This is a set of guidelines to be applied using human judgment, not a set of hard and fast rules. It is like [The Economist's Style Guide](https://web.archive.org/web/20170830001125/https://www.economist.com/styleguide/introduction) or [Garner's Modern American Usage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garner's_Modern_American_Usage). It is less like the [Ruby Style Guide](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/ruby-style-guide#the-ruby-style-guide). All guidelines here are open to interpretation and discussion. 100% conformance to these guidelines is *not* a goal.
+This is a set of guidelines to be applied using human judgement, not a set of hard and fast rules. It is like [The Economist's Style Guide](https://web.archive.org/web/20170830001125/https://www.economist.com/styleguide/introduction) or [Garner's Modern American Usage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garner's_Modern_American_Usage). It is less like the [Ruby Style Guide](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/ruby-style-guide#the-ruby-style-guide). All guidelines here are open to interpretation and discussion. 100% conformance to these guidelines is *not* a goal.
 
 The intent of this document is to help authors make decisions about clarity, style, and consistency. It is not to help settle arguments about who knows English better. Don't use this document to be a jerk.