diff --git a/doc/training-guides/module001-ch005-vm-provisioning-walk-through.xml b/doc/training-guides/module001-ch005-vm-provisioning-walk-through.xml
index de855feb2b..9a990f1484 100644
--- a/doc/training-guides/module001-ch005-vm-provisioning-walk-through.xml
+++ b/doc/training-guides/module001-ch005-vm-provisioning-walk-through.xml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
   </figure>
     <para>The OpenStack system copies the base image from the image
       store to local disk which is used as the first disk of the
-      instance (vda), having small images will result in faster start
+      instance (vda). Having small images will result in faster start
       up of your instances as less data needs to be copied across the
       network. The system also creates a new empty disk image to
       present as the second disk (vdb). Be aware that the second disk
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
       </imageobject>
     </mediaobject>
   </figure>
-      <para>Once you launch a VM in OpenStack, theres something more
+      <para>Once you launch a VM in OpenStack, there's something more
         going on in the background. To understand what's happening
         behind the Dashboard, lets take a deeper dive into OpenStack’s
         VM provisioning. For launching a VM, you can either use