diff --git a/man2/keyctl.2 b/man2/keyctl.2
index e1efb1898..57d1a2133 100644
--- a/man2/keyctl.2
+++ b/man2/keyctl.2
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ The key must either grant the caller
 permission, or grant the caller
 .I search
 permission when searched for from the process keyrings
-(i.e, the key is possessed).
+(i.e., the key is possessed).
 
 The
 .I arg5
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ The keyring must exist and must grant the caller
 permission.
 The parent process must be single-threaded and have
 the same effective ownership as this process
-and must not be be set-user-ID or set-group-ID.
+and must not be set-user-ID or set-group-ID.
 The UID of the parent process's existing session keyring (f it has one),
 as well as the UID of the caller's session keyring
 much match the caller's effective UID.