diff --git a/docs/component-lifecycle.md b/docs/component-lifecycle.md
index 1998f180..8861c187 100644
--- a/docs/component-lifecycle.md
+++ b/docs/component-lifecycle.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ In this one simple line, we have accomplished the following:
  - The component is **mounted** into `document.body`.
 
 **Mounting** is the process of initializing a React component by creating its
-DOM nodes and inserting the them into a supplied container node.
+DOM nodes and inserting them into a supplied container node.
 
 At this point, the entire page consists of a single `<div>` with "Hello,
 world!".
diff --git a/docs/syntax.md b/docs/syntax.md
index e4b099bd..bb477e9a 100644
--- a/docs/syntax.md
+++ b/docs/syntax.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ var app = Nav({color:'blue'}, Profile({}, 'click'));
 ```
 
 Use the [JSX Compiler](/react/jsx-compiler.html) to try out JSX and see how it
-desguars into native JavaScript.
+desugars into native JavaScript.
 
 If you want to use JSX, the [Getting Started](getting-started.html) guide shows
 how to setup compilation.