diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pam/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pam/article.sgml
index 8ec94ab808..574730912f 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pam/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pam/article.sgml
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ sshd	password	required	pam_permit.so</programlisting>
       <title id="pam-transactions.title">Transactions</title>
 
       <para>The lifecycle of a typical PAM transaction is described
-	below.  Note that if this any of these steps fails, the server
+	below.  Note that if any of these steps fails, the server
 	should report a suitable error message to the client and abort
 	the transaction.</para>
 
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ sshd	password	required	pam_permit.so</programlisting>
 	</listitem>
 
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>The server calls &man.pam.acct.mgmt.3; verify that the
+	  <para>The server calls &man.pam.acct.mgmt.3; to verify that the
 	    requested account is available and valid.  If the password
 	    is correct but has expired, &man.pam.acct.mgmt.3; will
 	    return <literal>PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD</literal> instead of