diff --git a/docs/introduction/understanding-docker.md b/docs/introduction/understanding-docker.md
index 558649b86c..111b886fea 100644
--- a/docs/introduction/understanding-docker.md
+++ b/docs/introduction/understanding-docker.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ parent = "mn_use_docker"
 
 Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications.
 Docker is designed to deliver your applications faster. With Docker you can
-separate your applications from your infrastructure AND treat your
+separate your applications from your infrastructure and treat your
 infrastructure like a managed application. Docker helps you ship code faster,
 test faster, deploy faster, and shorten the cycle between writing code and
 running code.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ help you in several ways:
 * distributing and shipping those containers to your teams for further development
 and testing
 * deploying those applications to your production environment,
- whether it be in a local data center or the Cloud.
+ whether it is in a local data center or the Cloud.
 
 ## What can I use Docker for?