diff --git a/reference/datetime/book.xml b/reference/datetime/book.xml
index 050f003cd7..b33a812eb9 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/book.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/book.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
    date and time in many different ways.
   </para>
   <para>
-   The date and time information is internally stored as an 64-bit number so
-   all imaginable dates (including negative years) are supported. The range is from about 292
+   The date and time information is internally stored as a 64-bit number so
+   all conceivably useful dates (including negative years) are supported. The range is from about 292
    billion years in the past to the same in the future.
   </para>
   <note>
diff --git a/reference/iconv/functions/iconv-set-encoding.xml b/reference/iconv/functions/iconv-set-encoding.xml
index 28c48e9169..cd83219d9e 100644
--- a/reference/iconv/functions/iconv-set-encoding.xml
+++ b/reference/iconv/functions/iconv-set-encoding.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
      <term><parameter>type</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       The value of <parameter>type</parameter> can be any one of those:
+       The value of <parameter>type</parameter> can be any one of these:
        <simplelist>
         <member>input_encoding</member>
         <member>output_encoding</member>