diff --git a/doc/source/first_patch.rst b/doc/source/first_patch.rst
index d52c2f08e..c07ea76b3 100644
--- a/doc/source/first_patch.rst
+++ b/doc/source/first_patch.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ You can install it with the following command::
    $ pip install git-review
 
 Git-review checks if you can authenticate to Gerrit with your SSH key.
-It will ask your for your username. You can configure your Gerrit username so you don't have to
+It will ask you for your username. You can configure your Gerrit username so you don't have to
 keep re-entering it every time you want to use git-review::
 
    $ git config --global gitreview.username yourgerritusername
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index be3a40fa6..96a732608 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Welcome to the Zaqar developer documentation!
 Zaqar is a multi-tenant cloud messaging and notification service for web
 and mobile developers.
 
-The service features a ReST API, which developers can use to send messages
+The service features a REST API, which developers can use to send messages
 between various components of their SaaS and mobile applications, by using a
 variety of communication patterns. Underlying this API is an efficient
 messaging engine designed with scalability and security in mind.