diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c9626ebff2..a383660edb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Some tips on good issue reporting:
 
 ## Triaging issues
 
-Getting involved in triaging incoming issues is a good way to start contributing.  Every single ticket that comes into the ticket tracker needs to be reviewed in order to determine what the next steps should be.  Anyone can help out with this, you just need to be willing to
+Getting involved in triaging incoming issues is a good way to start contributing.  Every single ticket that comes into the ticket tracker needs to be reviewed in order to determine what the next steps should be.  Anyone can help out with this, you just need to be willing to:
 
 * Read through the ticket - does it make sense, is it missing any context that would help explain it better?
 * Is the ticket reported in the correct place, would it be better suited as a discussion on the discussion group?
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
index 2f13bd2a4e..abdb67afac 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/serializers.md
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ Typically we would recommend *not* using inheritance on inner Meta classes, but
 
 The ModelSerializer class also exposes an API that you can override in order to alter how serializer fields are automatically determined when instantiating the serializer.
 
-Normally if a `ModelSerializer` does not generate the fields you need by default the you should either add them to the class explicitly, or simply use a regular `Serializer` class instead. However in some cases you may want to create a new base class that defines how the serializer fields are created for any given model.
+Normally if a `ModelSerializer` does not generate the fields you need by default then you should either add them to the class explicitly, or simply use a regular `Serializer` class instead. However in some cases you may want to create a new base class that defines how the serializer fields are created for any given model.
 
 ### `.serializer_field_mapping`