diff --git a/docs/releases.rst b/docs/releases.rst
index 6cf96c8c..fbf35572 100644
--- a/docs/releases.rst
+++ b/docs/releases.rst
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ Version 1.3.5
 
 **Stability improvement**
 
-- Try to run postmaster in a single-user mode if we tried by failed to start postgres (Alexander)
+- Try to run postmaster in a single-user mode if we tried and failed to start postgres (Alexander)
 
   Usually such problem happens when node running as a master was terminated and timelines were diverged.
   If ``recovery.conf`` has ``restore_command`` defined, there are really high chances that postgres will abort startup and leave controldata unchanged.
-  It make impossible to use ``pg_rewind``, which requires a clean shutdown.
+  It makes impossible to use ``pg_rewind``, which requires a clean shutdown.
 
 **Consul improvements**