diff --git a/docs/admin/authentication.md b/docs/admin/authentication.md
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--- a/docs/admin/authentication.md
+++ b/docs/admin/authentication.md
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ or be treated as an anonymous user.
 ## Authentication strategies
 
 Kubernetes uses client certificates, bearer tokens, an authenticating proxy, or HTTP basic auth to
-authenticate API requests through authentication plugins. As HTTP request are
-made to the API server plugins attempts to associate the following attributes
+authenticate API requests through authentication plugins. As HTTP requests are
+made to the API server, plugins attempt to associate the following attributes
 with the request:
 
 * Username: a string which identifies the end user. Common values might be `kube-admin` or `jane@example.com`.