diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index 522128e..9c96d8f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -2850,7 +2850,7 @@ CancelRequest (F)
 <para>
                 The cancel request code.  The value is chosen to contain
                 <literal>1234</> in the most significant 16 bits, and <literal>5678</> in the
-                least 16 significant bits.  (To avoid confusion, this code
+                least significant 16 bits.  (To avoid confusion, this code
                 must not be the same as any protocol version number.)
 </para>
 </listitem>
@@ -4656,7 +4656,7 @@ SSLRequest (F)
 <para>
                 The <acronym>SSL</acronym> request code.  The value is chosen to contain
                 <literal>1234</> in the most significant 16 bits, and <literal>5679</> in the
-                least 16 significant bits.  (To avoid confusion, this code
+                least significant 16 bits.  (To avoid confusion, this code
                 must not be the same as any protocol version number.)
 </para>
 </listitem>