diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/substr-count.xml b/reference/strings/functions/substr-count.xml
index e823f3fdca..dff21ed39b 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/substr-count.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/substr-count.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
  <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
   &reftitle.returnvalues;
   <para>
-   This functions returns an <type>integer</type>.
+   This function returns an <type>integer</type>.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ echo substr_count($text, 'is', 3, 3);
 echo substr_count($text, 'is', 5, 10);
 
 
-// prints only 1, because it doesn't count overlapped subtrings
+// prints only 1, because it doesn't count overlapped substrings
 $text2 = 'gcdgcdgcd';
 echo substr_count($text2, 'gcdgcd');
 ?>