diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 5dfbe8b641..c5190c635c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     Lists a recipe's build-time dependencies.
-                    These dependencies are on other recipes whose
+                    These are dependencies on other recipes whose
                     contents (e.g. headers and shared libraries) are needed
                     by the recipe at build time.
                 </para>
@@ -2809,7 +2809,7 @@
                     This mechanism is implemented by having
                     <filename>do_configure</filename> depend on the
                     <link linkend='ref-tasks-populate_sysroot'><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></link>
-                    task of each recipe listed in <filename>DEPENDS</filename>
+                    task of each recipe listed in <filename>DEPENDS</filename>,
                     through a
                     <filename>[</filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#variable-flags'><filename>deptask</filename></ulink><filename>]</filename>
                     declaration in the