diff --git a/docs/_docs/step-by-step/04-layouts.md b/docs/_docs/step-by-step/04-layouts.md
index cb7ecd9e..4bbc28d8 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/step-by-step/04-layouts.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/step-by-step/04-layouts.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Create your first layout at `_layouts/default.html` with the following content:
 You'll notice this is almost identical to `index.html` except there's
 no front matter and the content of the page is replaced with a `content`
 variable. `content` is a special variable which has the value of the rendered
-content of the page its called on.
+content of the page it's called on.
 
 To have `index.html` use this layout, you can set a `layout` variable in front
 matter. The layout wraps around the content of the page so all you need in
diff --git a/docs/_docs/step-by-step/05-includes.md b/docs/_docs/step-by-step/05-includes.md
index 7eb3a986..84b2cc0a 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/step-by-step/05-includes.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/step-by-step/05-includes.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: step
 title: Includes
 position: 5
 ---
-The site is coming together however, there's no way to navigate between
+The site is coming together; however, there's no way to navigate between
 pages. Let's fix that.
 
 Navigation should be on every page so adding it to your layout is the correct