diff --git a/src/doc/book/loops.md b/src/doc/book/loops.md
index 97ca2e3e702f6..e23e6f3a786a5 100644
--- a/src/doc/book/loops.md
+++ b/src/doc/book/loops.md
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ loop {
 
 We now loop forever with `loop` and use `break` to break out early. Issuing an explicit `return` statement will also serve to terminate the loop early.
 
-`continue` is similar, but instead of ending the loop, goes to the next
+`continue` is similar, but instead of ending the loop, it goes to the next
 iteration. This will only print the odd numbers:
 
 ```rust
diff --git a/src/doc/book/primitive-types.md b/src/doc/book/primitive-types.md
index b6a123bb3674c..ea0bdf29fcc41 100644
--- a/src/doc/book/primitive-types.md
+++ b/src/doc/book/primitive-types.md
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ A ‘slice’ is a reference to (or “view” into) another data structure. The
 useful for allowing safe, efficient access to a portion of an array without
 copying. For example, you might want to reference only one line of a file read
 into memory. By nature, a slice is not created directly, but from an existing
-variable binding. Slices have a defined length, can be mutable or immutable.
+variable binding. Slices have a defined length, and can be mutable or immutable.
 
 Internally, slices are represented as a pointer to the beginning of the data
 and a length.