diff --git a/chapter08/grep.xml b/chapter08/grep.xml
index 9861d239f..9069c3f3e 100644
--- a/chapter08/grep.xml
+++ b/chapter08/grep.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <term><command>egrep</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Prints lines matching an extended regular expression.
-          It is obsoleted, use <command>grep -E</command> instead</para>
+          It is obsolete, use <command>grep -E</command> instead</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-grep egrep">
             <primary sortas="b-egrep">egrep</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter08/python.xml b/chapter08/python.xml
index 2fb847042..bee232704 100644
--- a/chapter08/python.xml
+++ b/chapter08/python.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>In serveral places we use the <command>pip3</command> command to
+    <para>In several places we use the <command>pip3</command> command to
     install Python 3 programs and modules for all users as
     <systemitem class='username'>root</systemitem>. This conflicts
     with the Python developers recommendation to install packages into a