diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
index c3bda8c..ea4c895 100644
--- a/man/dnsmasq.8
+++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ Perform boolean operations on tags. Any tag appearing as set:<tag> is set if
 all the tags which appear as tag:<tag> are set, (or unset when tag:!<tag> is used)
 If no tag:<tag> appears set:<tag> tags are set unconditionally.
 Any number of set: and tag: forms may appear, in any order. 
-Tag-if lines ares executed in order, so if the tag in tag:<tag> is a
+Tag-if lines are executed in order, so if the tag in tag:<tag> is a
 tag set by another
 .B tag-if,
 the line which sets the tag must precede the one which tests it.
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ and
 
  
 .PP
-Dnsmasq is a DNS query forwarder: it it not capable of recursively
+Dnsmasq is a DNS query forwarder: it is not capable of recursively
 answering arbitrary queries starting from the root servers but
 forwards such queries to a fully recursive upstream DNS server which is
 typically provided by an ISP. By default, dnsmasq reads