diff --git a/docs/source/export.rst b/docs/source/export.rst
index 44a7a3a4b..490cd346e 100644
--- a/docs/source/export.rst
+++ b/docs/source/export.rst
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ How do I write a newly instantiated ``NWBFile`` to two different file paths?
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PyNWB does not support writing an :py:class:`~pynwb.file.NWBFile` that was not read from a file to two different files.
 For example, if you instantiate :py:class:`~pynwb.file.NWBFile` A and write it to file path 1, you cannot also write it
-to file path 2. However, you can first write the :py:class:`~pynwb.file.NWBFile`` to file path 1, read the
+to file path 2. However, you can first write the :py:class:`~pynwb.file.NWBFile` to file path 1, read the
 :py:class:`~pynwb.file.NWBFile` from file path 1, and then export it to file path 2.
 
 .. code-block:: python
diff --git a/docs/source/validation.rst b/docs/source/validation.rst
index 8cc32a3f7..73c138127 100644
--- a/docs/source/validation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/validation.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The validator can be invoked like so:
   python -m pynwb.validate test.nwb
 
 If the file contains no NWB extensions, then this command will validate the file ``test.nwb`` against the
-*core* NWB specification. On success, the output will is:
+*core* NWB specification. On success, the output will be:
 
 .. code-block:: text