diff --git a/src/textual/geometry.py b/src/textual/geometry.py
index 9ad26a56a1..d45e933f62 100644
--- a/src/textual/geometry.py
+++ b/src/textual/geometry.py
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ def bottom(self) -> int:
 
     @property
     def area(self) -> int:
-        """The are under the region."""
+        """The area under the region."""
         return self.width * self.height
 
     @property
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ def grow_maximum(self, other: Spacing) -> Spacing:
             other: Spacing object.
 
         Returns:
-            New spacing were the values are maximum of the two values.
+            New spacing where the values are maximum of the two values.
         """
         top, right, bottom, left = self
         other_top, other_right, other_bottom, other_left = other