diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4af0d8f1..e418d765 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ model. It uses state reduction techniques to avoid combinatorial explosion.
 Loom is an implementation of techniques described in [CDSChecker: Checking
 Concurrent Data Structures Written with C/C++ Atomics][cdschecker]. It is a
 library for writing unit tests where all possible thread interleavings are
-checked. It also is check all possible atomic cell behaviors and validate
+checked. It also checks all possible atomic cell behaviors and validates
 correct access to `UnsafeCell`.
 
 [cdschecker]: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/publications/c11modelcheck.pdf
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a1da3131..717fa7a0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 //! ```
 //!
 //! Loom will run the closure many times, each time with a different thread
-//! scheduling  The test is guaranteed to fail.
+//! scheduling. The test is guaranteed to fail.
 //!
 //! # Writing tests
 //!