diff --git a/Node-1st-gen/okta-auth/README.md b/Node-1st-gen/okta-auth/README.md
index 5fc773e1c0..5800641ef3 100644
--- a/Node-1st-gen/okta-auth/README.md
+++ b/Node-1st-gen/okta-auth/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This sample has two parts:
 
 - A Node.js backend that “exchanges” Okta access tokens for Firebase custom
   authentication tokens. The backend is intended to be deployed as a Cloud
-  Function, but because its just an Express.js app, you can also run on it on
+  Function, but because it's just an Express.js app, you can also run on it on
   your own infrastructure.
 - A web frontend that signs users in with Okta, gets a Firebase custom
   authentication token from your backend, and authenticates with Firebase using
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7802003a72..e6d777feb3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Demonstrates how to automatically post GitHub commits to a Slack channel using a
 
 ### Create and charge customers with [Stripe](/Node-1st-gen/stripe) or [Paypal](/Node-1st-gen/paypal)
 
-Demonstrates hows to integrate Firebase Auth and the Realtime database with Stripe via the Stripe Node.js library and shows how to create HTTP endpoints to charge customers via Paypal.
+Demonstrates how to integrate Firebase Auth and the Realtime database with Stripe via the Stripe Node.js library and shows how to create HTTP endpoints to charge customers via Paypal.
 
 ### Text moderation