diff --git a/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-decrypt.xml b/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-decrypt.xml
index 351c646d54..a53e8b4195 100644
--- a/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-decrypt.xml
+++ b/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-decrypt.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
      <term><parameter>key</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       <parameter>key</parameter> is the key with which the data is encrypted.
-       If it's smaller that the required keysize, it is padded with
+       <parameter>key</parameter> is the key with which the data was encrypted.
+       If it's smaller than the required keysize, it is padded with
        '<literal>\0</literal>'.
       </para>
      </listitem>
diff --git a/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-encrypt.xml b/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-encrypt.xml
index 8c8821fd09..31e9119bd7 100644
--- a/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-encrypt.xml
+++ b/reference/mcrypt/functions/mcrypt-encrypt.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
      <term><parameter>key</parameter></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       The key with which the data will be encrypted. If it's smaller that
+       The key with which the data will be encrypted. If it's smaller than
        the required keysize, it is padded with '<literal>\0</literal>'. It is
        better not to use ASCII strings for keys.
       </para>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
        '<literal>\0</literal>'.
       </para>
       <para>
-       The returned crypttext can be larger that the size of the data that is
+       The returned crypttext can be larger than the size of the data that was
        given by <parameter>data</parameter>.
       </para>
      </listitem>