diff --git a/Documentation/WritingReST/BasicRestSyntax.rst b/Documentation/WritingReST/BasicRestSyntax.rst
index c843cebd..cf0e83fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/WritingReST/BasicRestSyntax.rst
+++ b/Documentation/WritingReST/BasicRestSyntax.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Basic reST & Sphinx Syntax
    Some of this text was taken from the Wiki page:
    https://wiki.typo3.org/ReST_Syntax
 
-The .rst files are writting in reStructuredText (reST) format. They
+The .rst files are written in reStructuredText (reST) format. They
 contain text with additional markup.
 
 Paragraphs
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ with its normal meaning, you must escape it with a prepended "\".
 E.g. surrounding text with "*" signs normally makes it show up in italics. By
 escaping the special characters "*" you make the stars normal text characters::
 
-   \*non-italic\*
\ No newline at end of file
+   \*non-italic\*