diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst
index 6707144308..217be5ced7 100644
--- a/doc/config.rst
+++ b/doc/config.rst
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ Generic settings
 
         This is not a security measure as there will be always ways to
         circumvent this. If you want to prohibit users from dropping databases,
-        revoke them corresponding DROP privilege.
+        revoke their corresponding DROP privilege.
 
     Defines whether normal users (non-administrator) are allowed to delete
     their own database or not. If set as false, the link :guilabel:`Drop
@@ -2773,7 +2773,7 @@ webserver. If you cannot avoid having this directory published by webserver,
 limit access to it either by web server configuration (for example using
 .htaccess or web.config files) or place at least an empty :file:`index.html`
 file there, so that directory listing is not possible. However as long as the
-directory is accessible by web server, attacker can guess filenames to download
+directory is accessible by web server, an attacker can guess filenames to download
 the files.
 
 .. config:option:: $cfg['UploadDir']
@@ -2801,7 +2801,7 @@ the files.
     .. warning::
 
         Please see top of this chapter (:ref:`web-dirs`) for instructions how
-        to setup this directory and how to make it's usage secure.
+        to setup this directory and how to make its usage secure.
 
     .. seealso::
 
@@ -2823,7 +2823,7 @@ the files.
     .. warning::
 
         Please see top of this chapter (:ref:`web-dirs`) for instructions how
-        to setup this directory and how to make it's usage secure.
+        to setup this directory and how to make its usage secure.
 
 .. config:option:: $cfg['TempDir']
 
@@ -2862,7 +2862,7 @@ the files.
     .. warning::
 
         Please see top of this chapter (:ref:`web-dirs`) for instructions how
-        to setup this directory and how to make it's usage secure.
+        to setup this directory and how to make its usage secure.
 
 Various display setting
 -----------------------
diff --git a/doc/privileges.rst b/doc/privileges.rst
index 2ce1f42cc4..6a7b8c37d1 100644
--- a/doc/privileges.rst
+++ b/doc/privileges.rst
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@ will see in the phpMyAdmin navigation.
 
 .. warning::
 
-    This feature only limits what user sees, he is still able to use all the
+    This feature only limits what a user sees, he is still able to use all the
     functions. So this can not be considered as a security limitation. Should
     you want to limit what users can do, use MySQL privileges to achieve that.
 
 With this feature enabled, the :guilabel:`User accounts` management interface gains 
-second tab for managing :guilabel:`User groups`, where you can define what each
+a second tab for managing :guilabel:`User groups`, where you can define what each
 group will view (see image below) and you can then assign each user to one of
-groups. Users will be presented by simplified user interface, what might be
-useful for inexperienced users who could be overwhelmed by all features
+these groups. Users will be presented with a simplified user interface, which might be
+useful for inexperienced users who could be overwhelmed by all the features
 phpMyAdmin provides.
 
 .. image:: images/usergroups.png