diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml
index 5a2e50759b..9291fb1371 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ and send your bug report to
 <ulink url="mailto:mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu"/> where you can discuss it.
 </para>
 <para>
-If you prefer, you can use our brand new 
+If you prefer, you can use our brand-new
 <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mplayerhq.hu/">Bugzilla</ulink> instead.
 </para>
 <para>
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml
index 28dc690758..d08738b4ae 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ If you want to store them in a different location, pass the
 </para>
 
 <para>
-On Mac OS X you must make sure <filename>pncrt.Shlb</filename> (including it's
+On Mac OS X you must make sure <filename>pncrt.Shlb</filename> (including its
 resource fork!) is in the same directory as the Real codecs. Copy it using, for
 example
 <screen>ditto -rsrcFork "RealOne Player.app/Contents/MacOS/pncrt.Shlb" "RealOne Player.app/Contents/MacOS/Library/Codecs"</screen>
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ RealAudio:
 </itemizedlist>
 
 <para>
-Instructions how to install the RealPlayer libraries are in the
+Instructions on how to install the RealPlayer libraries are in the
 <link linkend="realvideo">RealVideo</link> section.
 </para>
 </sect3>