diff --git a/language/basic-syntax.xml b/language/basic-syntax.xml
index 7db49a048a..f12b8cfbed 100644
--- a/language/basic-syntax.xml
+++ b/language/basic-syntax.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
   <chapter id="language.basic-syntax">
    <title>Basic syntax</title>
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if (boolean-expression) {
     <title>Instruction separation</title>
 
     <simpara>
-     Instructions are separated the same as in C or perl - terminate
+     Instructions are separated the same as in C or Perl - terminate
      each statement with a semicolon.</simpara>
 
     <para>
diff --git a/language/control-structures.xml b/language/control-structures.xml
index 2362ccd9ad..6bee9af6b6 100644
--- a/language/control-structures.xml
+++ b/language/control-structures.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.38 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.39 $ -->
  <chapter id="control-structures">
   <title>Control Structures</title>
 
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ for (expr1; expr2; expr3): statement; ...; endfor;
    <title><literal>foreach</literal></title>
    <para>
     PHP 4 (not PHP 3) includes a <literal>foreach</literal> construct,
-    much like perl and some other languages. This simply gives an easy
+    much like Perl and some other languages. This simply gives an easy
     way to iterate over arrays. There are two syntaxes; the second is
     a minor but useful extension of the first:
     <informalexample>