diff --git a/doc/pcre2api.3 b/doc/pcre2api.3
index fc434fd..a24ae95 100644
--- a/doc/pcre2api.3
+++ b/doc/pcre2api.3
@@ -1993,7 +1993,7 @@ Information about a successful or unsuccessful match is placed in a match
 data block, which is an opaque structure that is accessed by function calls. In
 particular, the match data block contains a vector of offsets into the subject
 string that define the matched part of the subject and any substrings that were
-captured. This is know as the \fIovector\fP.
+captured. This is known as the \fIovector\fP.
 .P
 Before calling \fBpcre2_match()\fP, \fBpcre2_dfa_match()\fP, or
 \fBpcre2_jit_match()\fP you must create a match data block by calling one of
diff --git a/doc/pcre2stack.3 b/doc/pcre2stack.3
index 4c3d4f0..10c95c2 100644
--- a/doc/pcre2stack.3
+++ b/doc/pcre2stack.3
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ in the
 \fBpcre2api\fP
 .\"
 documentation. Since the block sizes are always the same, it may be possible to
-implement customized a memory handler that is more efficient than the standard
+implement a customized memory handler that is more efficient than the standard
 function. The memory blocks obtained for this purpose are retained and re-used
 if possible while \fBpcre2_match()\fP is running. They are all freed just
 before it exits.