diff --git a/FAQ.xml b/FAQ.xml
index d0f903be78..6a5b77e1c3 100644
--- a/FAQ.xml
+++ b/FAQ.xml
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
 	  you may only want to listen on the loop back interfaces.
 	</para>
 	<para>
-	  Who do you offer recursive service to?  Is there are firewall
-	  to consider?  If so is it stateless or stateful.  Are you
+	  To whom do you offer recursive service?  Is there a firewall
+	  to consider?  If so, is it stateless or stateful?  Are you
 	  directly on the Internet?  Are you on a private network? Are
 	  you on a NAT'd network? The answers
 	  to all these questions change how you configure even a
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ view "chaos" chaos {
 	  "/var/run/named/named.pid", or set pid-file to "named.pid",
 	  which will put the file in the directory specified by the
 	  directory option (which, in this case, must be writable by
-	  the named user).
+	  the user named is running as).
 	</para>
       </answer>
     </qandaentry>
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ Master 10.0.1.1:
       <answer>
 	<para>
 	  This error is produced when a line in the master file
-	  contains leading white space (tab/space) but the is no
+	  contains leading white space (tab/space) but there is no
 	  current record owner name to inherit the name from.  Usually
 	  this is the result of putting white space before a comment,
 	  forgetting the "@" for the SOA record, or indenting the master
diff --git a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
index b6f8e0ada7..7291c82774 100644
--- a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
@@ -9539,7 +9539,7 @@ deny-answer-aliases { "example.net"; };
 	    <acronym>BIND</acronym> 9 includes a limited
 	    mechanism to modify DNS responses for requests
 	    analogous to email anti-spam DNS blacklists.
-	    Responses can be changed to deny the existence of domains(NXDOMAIN),
+	    Responses can be changed to deny the existence of domains (NXDOMAIN),
 	    deny the existence of IP addresses for domains (NODATA),
 	    or contain other IP addresses or data.
 	  </para>
@@ -9682,7 +9682,7 @@ deny-answer-aliases { "example.net"; };
 	      <listitem>Among IP or NSIP triggers, prefer the trigger
 		with the longest prefix.
 	      </listitem>
-	      <listitem>Among triggers with the same prefex length,
+	      <listitem>Among triggers with the same prefix length,
 		prefer the IP or NSIP trigger that matches
 		the smallest IP address.
 	      </listitem>