diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0d824ee..ea780b2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ A software bug is a demonstrable issue in the code base. In order for us to diag
 Before you decide to create a new issue, please try the following:
 
 1. Check the Github issues tab if the identified issue has already been reported, if so, please add a +1 to the existing post.
-2. Update to the latest version of this code and check if issue has already been fixed
+2. Update to the latest version of this code and check if the issue has already been fixed
 3. Copy and fill in the Bug Report Template we have provided below
 
 ### Please use our Bug Report Template
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Please run your code through:
 
 4. Commit your changes in logical chunks. Please adhere to these [git commit
    message guidelines](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html)
-   or your code is unlikely be merged into the main project. Use Git's
+   or your code is unlikely to be merged into the main project. Use Git's
    [interactive rebase](https://help.github.com/articles/interactive-rebase)
    feature to tidy up your commits before making them public.
 
diff --git a/TROUBLESHOOTING.md b/TROUBLESHOOTING.md
index 20d6d4d..be6a3a1 100644
--- a/TROUBLESHOOTING.md
+++ b/TROUBLESHOOTING.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ If you can't find a solution below, please open an [issue](https://github.com/se
 <a name="request-body"></a>
 ## Viewing the Request Body
 
-When debugging or testing, it may be useful to exampine the raw request body to compare against the [documented format](https://sendgrid.com/docs/API_Reference/api_v3.html).
+When debugging or testing, it may be useful to examine the raw request body to compare against the [documented format](https://sendgrid.com/docs/API_Reference/api_v3.html).
 
 You can do this right before you call: `response = client.version('v3').api_keys.post(request_body: request_body)` like so: