diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ee0884545bf..e1eaee9971e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ remote.<name>.push::
 
 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
 	If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
-	using the remote subcommand of gitlink:git-remote[1].
+	using the update subcommand of gitlink:git-remote[1].
 
 remote.<name>.receivepack::
 	The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing.  See
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index f2b42068f3c..3f552e9d8ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ version is called a <<def_commit,commit>>.
 
 Those snapshots aren't necessarily all arranged in a single line from
 oldest to newest; instead, work may simultaneously proceed along
-parallel lines of development, called <def_branch,branches>>, which may
+parallel lines of development, called <<def_branch,branches>>, which may
 merge and diverge.
 
 A single git repository can track development on multiple branches.  It