diff --git a/reference/iconv/reference.xml b/reference/iconv/reference.xml
index 594c0062a0..08fe0e3f4b 100644
--- a/reference/iconv/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/iconv/reference.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.iconv">
   <title>iconv functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>iconv</titleabbrev>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
      facility. With this module, you can turn a string represented by a local
      character set into the one represented by another character set,
      which may be the Unicode charcter set. Supported character sets
-     depends on the iconv() implementation of your system.
+     depend on the iconv implementation of your system.
      Note that the iconv function on some systems may not work
      as you expect. In such case, it'd be a good idea to install the
      <ulink url="&url.libiconv;">GNU libiconv</ulink> library. It will most
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     &reftitle.required;
     <para>
      You will need nothing if the system you are using is one of the recent
-     POSIX-compliant systems because standard C libraries that is supplied in
-     them must provide iconv faclity. Otherwise, you have to get the
+     POSIX-compliant systems because standard C libraries that are supplied in
+     them must provide iconv facility. Otherwise, you have to get the
      <ulink url="&url.libiconv;">libiconv</ulink> library installed in
      your system.
     </para>