diff --git a/src/libmain/plugin.cc b/src/libmain/plugin.cc
index f5eddabdd..760a096ad 100644
--- a/src/libmain/plugin.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/plugin.cc
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct PluginSettings : Config
           itself, they must be DSOs compatible with the instance of Nix
           running at the time (i.e. compiled against the same headers, not
           linked to any incompatible libraries). They should not be linked to
-          any Nix libraries directly, as those are already at load
+          any Nix libraries directly, as those are already available at load
           time.
 
           If an entry in the list is a directory, all files in the directory
diff --git a/src/libstore/include/nix/store/filetransfer.hh b/src/libstore/include/nix/store/filetransfer.hh
index 259af7640..745aeb29e 100644
--- a/src/libstore/include/nix/store/filetransfer.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/include/nix/store/filetransfer.hh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct FileTransferSettings : Config
         )"};
 
     Setting<unsigned int> tries{this, 5, "download-attempts",
-        "The number of times Nix will attempt to download a file before giving up."};
+        "The number of times Nix attempts to download a file before giving up."};
 
     Setting<size_t> downloadBufferSize{this, 64 * 1024 * 1024, "download-buffer-size",
         R"(