diff --git a/source/applications/database-references.txt b/source/applications/database-references.txt
index 665827cbfbf..729678da8bb 100644
--- a/source/applications/database-references.txt
+++ b/source/applications/database-references.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Database References
 .. default-domain:: mongodb
 
 MongoDB does not support joins. In MongoDB some data is
-"denormalized," or stored with related data in :term:`documents
+"denormalized", or stored with related data in :term:`documents
 <document>` to remove the need for joins. However, in some cases it
 makes sense to store related information in separate documents,
 typically in different collections or databases.
diff --git a/source/core/shell-types.txt b/source/core/shell-types.txt
index 5c6c92eec83..c7c3bbacbd4 100644
--- a/source/core/shell-types.txt
+++ b/source/core/shell-types.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Date
 The :program:`mongo` shell provides various options to return the date,
 either as a string or as an object:
 
-- ``Date()`` method which returns the current date as a string
+- ``Date()`` method which returns the current date as a string.
 
 - ``Date()`` constructor which returns an ``ISODate`` object when used
   with the ``new`` operator.