diff --git a/changes/2025-01-16_key-store-mitigate-update-race/background.md b/changes/2025-01-16_key-store-mitigate-update-race/background.md
index 4ec3da8b..2ae0e647 100644
--- a/changes/2025-01-16_key-store-mitigate-update-race/background.md
+++ b/changes/2025-01-16_key-store-mitigate-update-race/background.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ We will mitigate this via an Optimistic Lock on the cipher-text.
 
 All writes to ACTIVE,
 except those by `CreateKey`,
-would include a condition express of
+would include a condition expression of
 `attribute_exists(branch-key-id) AND enc = <old-cipher-text-value>`,
 as [expressed in DynamoDB Syntax](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Expressions.OperatorsAndFunctions.html).
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ as [expressed in DynamoDB Syntax](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/lat
 - the Logical Key Store Name
 
 `enc` contains the Auth Tag from
-the AES-GCM operation execute by KMS.
+the AES-GCM operation executed by KMS.
 
 Thus, by asserting `enc` has not changed,
 the Key Store asserts that nothing has changed!
diff --git a/framework/key-store/key-storage.md b/framework/key-store/key-storage.md
index 1e5cc9a4..5640c877 100644
--- a/framework/key-store/key-storage.md
+++ b/framework/key-store/key-storage.md
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ the UTF8 Encoded value of the version of the branch key.
 
 A structure that holds two related [EncryptedHierarchicalKeys](#encryptedhierarchicalkey):
 
-- Item: an [EncryptedHierarchicalKey](#encryptedhierarchicalkey) that will be written
-- Old: an [EncryptedHierarchicalKey](#encryptedhierarchicalkey) that was read and is presumed to be the currently persisted item that will be replaced by `Item`.
+- Item: the [EncryptedHierarchicalKey](#encryptedhierarchicalkey) that will be written
+- Old: the [EncryptedHierarchicalKey](#encryptedhierarchicalkey) that was read and is presumed to be the currently persisted item that will be replaced by `Item`.
 
 ## Interface