diff --git a/cli/README.md b/cli/README.md
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@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ The `tree-sitter` binary itself has no dependencies, but specific commands have
 
 * `test` - The `tree-sitter test` command will run the unit tests for the Tree-sitter parser in the current working directory. See [the documentation](http://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/creating-parsers) for more information.
 
-* `parse` - The `tree-sitter parse` command will parse a file (or list of file) using Tree-sitter parsers.
+* `parse` - The `tree-sitter parse` command will parse a file (or list of files) using Tree-sitter parsers.
diff --git a/docs/section-2-using-parsers.md b/docs/section-2-using-parsers.md
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--- a/docs/section-2-using-parsers.md
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@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ In general, it's a good idea to make patterns more specific by specifying [field
 
 #### Negated Fields
 
-You can also constrain a pattern so that it only mathces nodes that *lack* a certain field. To do this, add a field name prefixed by a `!` within the parent pattern. For example, this pattern would match a class declaration with no type parameters:
+You can also constrain a pattern so that it only matches nodes that *lack* a certain field. To do this, add a field name prefixed by a `!` within the parent pattern. For example, this pattern would match a class declaration with no type parameters:
 
 ```
 (class_declaration