diff --git a/docs/intro/learning.rst b/docs/intro/learning.rst
index a8ae73e..1cfc9f4 100644
--- a/docs/intro/learning.rst
+++ b/docs/intro/learning.rst
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 This book teaches Python programming and basic cryptography for absolute
-beginners. The chapters provide the source code for various ciphres, as well
+beginners. The chapters provide the source code for various ciphers, as well
 as programs that can break them.
 
     `Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python <http://inventwithpython.com/hacking/>`_
diff --git a/docs/scenarios/web.rst b/docs/scenarios/web.rst
index d43ff0e..2d2ab51 100644
--- a/docs/scenarios/web.rst
+++ b/docs/scenarios/web.rst
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Support can be found on its `mailing list <http://werkzeug.pocoo.org/community/#
 Tornado
 --------
 `Tornado <http://www.tornadoweb.org/>`_ is a scalable, non-blocking web server and web application framework with
-a relative simple usage. Tornado is known for his high performance.
+a relative simple usage. Tornado is known for its high performance.
 It was initially developed for `friendfeed <http://friendfeed.com/>`_ , a real time chat and blog system.
 
 In the Jinja2 template engine example it is used to serve the rendered pages.