diff --git a/docs/getting-started/6-explaining-globs.md b/docs/getting-started/6-explaining-globs.md
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--- a/docs/getting-started/6-explaining-globs.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/6-explaining-globs.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const invalidGlob = path.join(__dirname, 'src/*.js');
 
 ## Special character: * (single-star)
 
-Matches any amount - including none - of characters within a single segment. Useful for globbing files within one directory.
+Matches any amount - including none - of the characters within a single segment. Useful for globbing files within one directory.
 
 This glob will match files like `index.js`, but not files like `scripts/index.js` or `scripts/nested/index.js`
 ```js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ This glob will match files like `index.js`, but not files like `scripts/index.js
 
 ## Special character: ** (double-star)
 
-Matches any amount - including none - of characters across segments. Useful for globbing files in nested directories. Make sure to appropriately restrict your double-star globs, to avoid matching large directories unnecessarily.
+Matches any amount - including none - of the characters across segments. Useful for globbing files in nested directories. Make sure to appropriately restrict your double-star globs, to avoid matching large directories unnecessarily.
 
 Here, the glob is appropriately restricted to the `scripts/` directory. It will match files like `scripts/index.js`, `scripts/nested/index.js`, and `scripts/nested/twice/index.js`.