diff --git a/laravel/documentation/auth/usage.md b/laravel/documentation/auth/usage.md
index 4e7ba5fe..915c1671 100644
--- a/laravel/documentation/auth/usage.md
+++ b/laravel/documentation/auth/usage.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ## Salting & Hashing
 
 If you are using the Auth class, you are strongly encouraged to hash and salt all passwords. Web development must be done responsibly. Salted, hashed passwords make a rainbow table attack against your user's passwords impractical.
 
-Salting and hashing passwords is done using the **Hash** class. The Hash class is uses the **bcrypt** hashing algorithm. Check out this example:
+Salting and hashing passwords is done using the **Hash** class. The Hash class uses the **bcrypt** hashing algorithm. Check out this example:
 
 	$password = Hash::make('secret');
 
diff --git a/laravel/documentation/routing.md b/laravel/documentation/routing.md
index 38ad8075..77ea7355 100644
--- a/laravel/documentation/routing.md
+++ b/laravel/documentation/routing.md
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ #### Registering a named route that points to a controller action:
 <a name="cli-route-testing"></a>
 ## CLI Route Testing
 
-You may test your routes using Laravel's "Artisan" CLI. Simple specify the request method and URI you want to use. The route response will be var_dump'd back to the CLI.
+You may test your routes using Laravel's "Artisan" CLI. Simply specify the request method and URI you want to use. The route response will be var_dump'd back to the CLI.
 
 #### Calling a route via the Artisan CLI: