diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/cookie.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/cookie.d
index 1e99069..467e056 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/cookie.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/cookie.d
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 engine which will make curl record incoming cookies, which may be handy if
 you're using this in combination with the --location option or do multiple URL
 transfers on the same invoke. If the file name is exactly a minus ("-"), curl
-will instead the contents from stdin.
+will instead read the contents from stdin.
 
 The file format of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers
 (Set-Cookie style) or the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format.
diff --git a/docs/curl-config.1 b/docs/curl-config.1
index 4a23e6a..7614daa 100644
--- a/docs/curl-config.1
+++ b/docs/curl-config.1
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
 Outputs version information about the installed libcurl.
 .IP "--vernum"
 Outputs version information about the installed libcurl, in numerical mode.
-This outputs the version number, in hexadecimal, with 8 bits for each part;
-major, minor, patch. So that libcurl 7.7.4 would appear as 070704 and libcurl
+This outputs the version number, in hexadecimal, with 8 bits for each part:
+major, minor, and patch. So that libcurl 7.7.4 would appear as 070704 and libcurl
 12.13.14 would appear as 0c0d0e... Note that the initial zero might be
 omitted. (This option was broken in the 7.15.0 release.)
 .SH "EXAMPLES"