diff --git a/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc b/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc
index 1211884fac5..f1a00742bc8 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ following commands to add these credentials to the keystore:
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 bin/elasticsearch-keystore add s3.client.default.access_key
 bin/elasticsearch-keystore add s3.client.default.secret_key
-# a session token is optional so the following command may not be necessary
+# a session token is optional so the following command may not be needed
 bin/elasticsearch-keystore add s3.client.default.session_token
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@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ removing these settings from the keystore as follows:
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 bin/elasticsearch-keystore remove s3.client.default.access_key
 bin/elasticsearch-keystore remove s3.client.default.secret_key
-# a session token is optional so the following command may not be necessary
+# a session token is optional so the following command may not be needed
 bin/elasticsearch-keystore remove s3.client.default.session_token
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