diff --git a/pep-0255.txt b/pep-0255.txt
index 661bfff6b..2e2c6dc4e 100644
--- a/pep-0255.txt
+++ b/pep-0255.txt
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ Q & A
        suggesting such an alternative, and extracted the above from them.
        It would be nice not to need a new keyword, but nicer to make yield
        very clear -- I don't want to have to *deduce* that a yield is
-       occurring from making sense of a previous senseless sequence of
+       occurring from making sense of a previously senseless sequence of
        keywords or operators.  Still, if this attracts enough interest,
        proponents should settle on a single consensus suggestion, and Guido
        will Pronounce on it.
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ Q & A
        these mechanisms for advanced users.  That's not an argument for
        forcing everyone to work at that level, though.  "return" means "I'm
        done" in any kind of function, and that's easy to explain and to use.
-       Note that "return" isn't always equivalent to "raise StopIteration" 
+       Note that "return" isn't always equivalent to "raise StopIteration"
        in try/except construct, either (see the "Specification: Return"
        section).