diff --git a/pep-0435.txt b/pep-0435.txt
index d218ab491..8ded74927 100644
--- a/pep-0435.txt
+++ b/pep-0435.txt
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ Some rules:
 Pickling
 --------
 
-Enumerations be pickled and unpickled::
+Enumerations can be pickled and unpickled::
 
     >>> from enum.tests.fruit import Fruit
     >>> from pickle import dumps, loads
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ Enumerations be pickled and unpickled::
     True
 
 The usual restrictions for pickling apply: picklable enums must be defined in
-the top level of a module, since unpickling requires them to be imporatable
+the top level of a module, since unpickling requires them to be importable
 from that module.