diff --git a/servant.cabal b/servant.cabal
index 1bf80bfe..94aaf619 100644
--- a/servant.cabal
+++ b/servant.cabal
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ synopsis:            A family of combinators for defining webservices APIs and s
 description:
   A family of combinators for defining webservices APIs and serving them
   .
-  You can learn about the basic in <http://haskell-servant.github.io/getting-started/ the getting started> guide.
+  You can learn about the basics in <http://haskell-servant.github.io/getting-started/ the getting started> guide.
   .
-  Here's a runnable example, with comments that defines a dummy API and
+  Here's a runnable example, with comments, that defines a dummy API and
   implements a webserver that serves this API. You can find it <https://github.com/haskell-servant/servant/blob/master/example/greet.hs here> too.
   .
   > {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}