diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index ffa6aca6..8a466772 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ activate the environment — we have created a symlink for you. It’s a bit of
 a hack but it works™.)
 
 You should now see ``(httpie)`` next to your shell prompt, and
-the ``http`` should point to you development copy:
+the ``http`` command should point to your development copy:
 
 .. code-block::
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Install HTTPie in editable mode with all the dependencies:
     pip install --upgrade -e . -r requirements-dev.txt
 
 You should now see ``(httpie)`` next to your shell prompt, and
-the ``http`` should point to your development copy:
+the ``http`` command should point to your development copy:
 
 .. code-block:: powershell
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 17c8d8c9..dbcacb8a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ Offline mode
 
 Use ``--offline`` to construct HTTP requests without sending them anywhere.
 With ``--offline``, HTTPie builds a request based on the specified options and arguments, prints it to ``stdout``,
-and then exists. It works completely offline; no network connection is ever made.
+and then exits. It works completely offline; no network connection is ever made.
 This has a number of use cases, including: