diff --git a/md.4 b/md.4
index 648ef2a..99faad1 100644
--- a/md.4
+++ b/md.4
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ details.
 .I md
 is able to communicate with the user-space program through various
 sysfs attributes so that it can make appropriate changes to the
-metadata \- for example to make a device as faulty.  When necessary,
+metadata \- for example to mark a device as faulty.  When necessary,
 .I md
 will wait for the program to acknowledge the event by writing to a
 sysfs attribute.
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ spindle. In theory, having an N-disk RAID1 will allow N sequential
 threads to read from all disks.
 
 Individual devices in a RAID1 can be marked as "write-mostly".
-This drives are excluded from the normal read balancing and will only
+These drives are excluded from the normal read balancing and will only
 be read from when there is no other option.  This can be useful for
 devices connected over a slow link.