diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7a53f68e..aef3200b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ this code in the future. We define proper commit messages like this:
 * The title of your commit message summarizes **what** has been done
 * The body of your commit message explains **why** you have done this
 
-If the title is to small to explain **what** you have done, then you can of course
+If the title is too small to explain **what** you have done, then you can of course
 elaborate about it in the body. Please avoid explaining *how* you have done this,
 we are developers too and we see the diff, if we do not understand something we will
 ask you in the review.
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 55de492b..629f756a 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ There is a rudimentary docker-compose configuration for production usage (`docke
    ```
 
 ## Configuration
-OSEM is configured through environment variables and falls back to sensible defaults. See the [dotenv.example](https://github.com/openSUSE/osem/blob/master/dotenv.example) for all possible configuration options. However here is a list of things you most likey want to configure because otherwise things will not work as expected.
+OSEM is configured through environment variables and falls back to sensible defaults. See the [dotenv.example](https://github.com/openSUSE/osem/blob/master/dotenv.example) for all possible configuration options. However here is a list of things you most likely want to configure because otherwise things will not work as expected.
 
 ### `SECRET_KEY_BASE`
 A [random string](https://www.randomlists.com/string?base=16&length=64&qty=1) to encrypt sessions/cookies.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The name of your OSEM installation
 By default OSEM tries to send emails over localhost.
 
 #### `OSEM_HOSTNAME`
-The host this OSEM instance runs on. This is used for generating urls in emails sent.
+The host this OSEM instance runs on. This is used for generating URLs in emails sent.
 
 #### `OSEM_EMAIL_ADDRESS`
 The address OSEM uses to sending mails from.