diff --git a/docs/refguide.xml b/docs/refguide.xml
index 7d6b17b23..2e7c10c02 100644
--- a/docs/refguide.xml
+++ b/docs/refguide.xml
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ hosts.</para>
 exploit a subtle loophole in the <ulink
 role="hidepdf" url="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc793.txt">TCP RFC</ulink> to
 differentiate between <literal>open</literal> and
-<literal>closed</literal> ports.  Page 65 says that <quote>if the
+<literal>closed</literal> ports.  Page 65 of RFC 793 says that <quote>if the
 [destination] port state is CLOSED .... an incoming segment not
 containing a RST causes a RST to be sent in response.</quote>  Then the next
 page discusses packets sent to open ports without the SYN, RST, or ACK
diff --git a/docs/scripting.xml b/docs/scripting.xml
index c0479c69e..e7256a8c5 100644
--- a/docs/scripting.xml
+++ b/docs/scripting.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     growing and diverse set of scripts distributed with Nmap, or write
     their own to meet custom needs.</para>
 
-    <para>We designed NSE to be versatile, with the following tasks in mind</para>    
+    <para>We designed NSE to be versatile, with the following tasks in mind:</para>    
 
     <variablelist>
       <varlistentry>