diff --git a/libs/README.txt b/libs/README.txt
index 96af7366a39..c4ab07ccdfa 100644
--- a/libs/README.txt
+++ b/libs/README.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ README
 ======
 
 This directory holds NuttX libraries.  Libraries in NuttX are very special
-creatures.  The have these properties:
+creatures.  They have these properties:
 
 1. They can be shared by both application logic and logic within the OS when
    using the FLAT build.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ creatures.  The have these properties:
    For example, sem_wait() is both a cancellation point and modifies the
    errno value.  So within the FLAT build and without kernel version for
    the PROTECTED and KERNEL builds, the special internal OS interface
-   nxsem_wait() must be used.  Within libraries, the macro  _SEM_WAIT()
+   nxsem_wait() must be used.  Within libraries, the macro _SEM_WAIT()
    (as defined in include/nuttx/semaphore.h) is used instead.  The
    definition of this macro accounts for the different usage environments.