diff --git a/appendixa/shellutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/shellutils-desc.xml
index a527ca461..861620474 100644
--- a/appendixa/shellutils-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/shellutils-desc.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ a certain user</para>
 
 <sect3><title>tee</title>
 
-<para>tee reads from standard input and write to standard output and 
+<para>tee reads from standard input and writes to standard output and 
 files.</para>
 
 </sect3>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ current host.</para>
 
 <sect3><title>whoami</title>
 
-<para>whoami prints the users effective userid.</para>
+<para>whoami prints the user's effective userid.</para>
 
 </sect3>