diff --git a/man/sd_session_is_active.xml b/man/sd_session_is_active.xml
index ab48b9efc2..1fa7457f78 100644
--- a/man/sd_session_is_active.xml
+++ b/man/sd_session_is_active.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
                 <para><function>sd_session_get_display()</function>
                 may be used to determine the X11 display of the
                 session identified by the specified session
-                identifier. The returned string is one of needs to be
+                identifier. The returned string needs to be
                 freed with the libc
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 call after use.</para>
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
                 <para><function>sd_session_get_tty()</function>
                 may be used to determine the TTY device of the
                 session identified by the specified session
-                identifier. The returned string is one of needs to be
+                identifier. The returned string needs to be
                 freed with the libc
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>free</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 call after use.</para>
diff --git a/man/systemd.special.xml b/man/systemd.special.xml
index fc625db80d..81374c2ade 100644
--- a/man/systemd.special.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.special.xml
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
                                         <para>This unit is supposed to
                                         indicate when the network is
                                         "up", but it is only very
-                                        losely defined what that is
+                                        loosely defined what that is
                                         supposed to mean. Also see <ulink
                                         url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/NetworkTarget">Running
                                         Services After the Network is