diff --git a/doc/contributor-guide/source/first-timers-quickstart.rst b/doc/contributor-guide/source/first-timers-quickstart.rst
index f5e88df8ce..21e2612c16 100644
--- a/doc/contributor-guide/source/first-timers-quickstart.rst
+++ b/doc/contributor-guide/source/first-timers-quickstart.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Other good first-time documentation tasks are bug triaging and bug fixing:
 
 #. If you are up for it, assign the bug to yourself after it has been
    confirmed by one other person. Fix it by committing the required changes
-   to the OpenStack documentation.
+   to OpenStack documentation.
 
 The following diagram shows the basic setup workflow:
 
diff --git a/doc/contributor-guide/source/rst-conv.rst b/doc/contributor-guide/source/rst-conv.rst
index e6b9c7a94c..957013ad33 100644
--- a/doc/contributor-guide/source/rst-conv.rst
+++ b/doc/contributor-guide/source/rst-conv.rst
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ RST formatting conventions
 OpenStack documentation uses reStructuredText (RST) markup syntax
 with Sphinx extensions.
 
-RST is a powerful and straightforward markup language, that in combination
+RST is a powerful and straightforward markup language that, in combination
 with Sphinx, provides a wide range of facilities for intelligent and
-good-looking documentation creation. It uses simple and implicit
-syntax to introduce a wide range of content elements, such as, titles,
+appealing documentation creation. It uses simple and implicit
+syntax to introduce a variety of content elements such as titles,
 code blocks, vertical lists, and many others. All the source content formatted
 using RST is stored in files with the ``.rst`` extension.