diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 16efa36..0d35f44 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ make install
 
 - On some systems the library directory "/usr/local/lib" is not searched by
   the system's dynamic library loader. If SANE is installed in "/usr/local/..."
-  you have to tell your systems dynamic library loader to search in
+  you have to tell your system's dynamic library loader to search in
   "/usr/local/lib". For Linux: add the path "/usr/local/lib" to
   /etc/ld.so.conf and call ldconfig (as root).
 
-- ONLY for For sane-1.0.1: You have to add a line with the path to the
-  directory conatining the SANE libraries (usually /usr/local/lib/sane)
+- ONLY for for sane-1.0.1: You have to add a line with the path to the
+  directory containing the SANE libraries (usually /usr/local/lib/sane)
   to /etc/ld.so.conf and call ldconfig (as root). Don't do this for
   sane-1.0.2 and later.