diff --git a/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md b/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md
index f3e8bf04a5..6b1d2d81e9 100644
--- a/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md
+++ b/draft-ietf-quic-recovery.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.
 # Design of the QUIC Transmission Machinery
 
 All transmissions in QUIC are sent with a packet-level header, which indicates
-an encryption level and includes a packet sequence number
+the encryption level and includes a packet sequence number
 (referred to below as a packet number).  The encryption level indicates the
 packet number space, as described in {{QUIC-TRANSPORT}}.  Packet
 numbers never repeat within a packet number space for the lifetime of a
diff --git a/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md b/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
index 320ad38a0b..4a09ef03ce 100644
--- a/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
+++ b/draft-ietf-quic-transport.md
@@ -3935,7 +3935,7 @@ receive buffer for a connection.
 A data receiver sends MAX_STREAM_DATA or MAX_DATA frames to the sender
 to advertise additional credit. MAX_STREAM_DATA frames send the
 maximum absolute byte offset of a stream, while MAX_DATA sends the
-maximum sum of the absolute byte offsets of all streams.
+maximum of the sum of the absolute byte offsets of all streams.
 
 A receiver MAY advertise a larger offset at any point by sending MAX_DATA or
 MAX_STREAM_DATA frames.  A receiver MUST NOT renege on an advertisement; that