diff --git a/modules/node/node.install b/modules/node/node.install
index 4e56bf39a86..ac2fed9d476 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/modules/node/node.install
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function node_schema() {
         'default' => '',
       ),
       'title' => array(
-        'description' => t('The title of this node, always treated a non-markup plain text.'),
+        'description' => t('The title of this node, always treated as non-markup plain text.'),
         'type' => 'varchar',
         'length' => 255,
         'not null' => TRUE,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function node_schema() {
         'default' => 0,
       ),
       'promote' => array(
-        'description' => t('Boolean indicating whether the node should displayed on the front page.'),
+        'description' => t('Boolean indicating whether the node should be displayed on the front page.'),
         'type' => 'int',
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => 0,