diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/lockup-watchdogs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/lockup-watchdogs.rst
index 26634982e4dd..8f245f4a95b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/lockup-watchdogs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/lockup-watchdogs.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ is a trade-off between fast response to lockups and detection overhead.
 Implementation
 ==============
 
-The soft and hard lockup detectors are built around a hrtimer.
+The soft and hard lockup detectors are built around an hrtimer.
 In addition, the softlockup detector regularly schedules a job, and
 the hard lockup detector might use Perf/NMI events on architectures
 that support it.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ that support it.
 Frequency and Heartbeats
 ------------------------
 
-The core of the detectors in a hrtimer. It servers multiple purpose:
+The core of the detectors is an hrtimer. It serves multiple purposes:
 
 - schedules watchdog job for the softlockup detector
 - bumps the interrupt counter for hardlockup detectors (heartbeat)