diff --git a/reference/p2p_networking.rst b/reference/p2p_networking.rst
index 488ba3a..cc8c473 100644
--- a/reference/p2p_networking.rst
+++ b/reference/p2p_networking.rst
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Peers which have been disconnected may have stale blocks in their locally-stored
 
 Note: the receiving peer itself may respond with an `“inv” message <../reference/p2p_networking.html#inv>`__ containing header hashes of stale blocks. It is up to the requesting peer to poll all of its peers to find the best block chain.
 
-If the receiving peer does not find a common header hash within the list, it will assume the last common block was the genesis block (block zero), so it will reply with in `“inv” message <../reference/p2p_networking.html#inv>`__ containing header hashes starting with block one (the first block after the genesis block).
+If the receiving peer does not find a common header hash within the list, it will assume the last common block was the genesis block (block zero), so it will reply with an `“inv” message <../reference/p2p_networking.html#inv>`__ containing header hashes starting with block one (the first block after the genesis block).
 
 +----------+---------------------+------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Bytes    | Name                | Data Type        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ If a filter has been previously set with the `“filterload” message <../refer
 +----------+-------------------+------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | *Varies* | flag byte count   | compactSize uint | The number of flag bytes in the following field.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 +----------+-------------------+------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| *Varies* | flags             | byte[]           | A sequence of bits packed eight in a byte with the least significant bit first. May be padded to the nearest byte boundary but must not contain any more bits than that. Used to assign the hashes to particular nodes in the merkle tree as described below.       |
+| *Varies* | flags             | byte[]           | A sequence of eight bits packed in a byte with the least significant bit first. May be padded to the nearest byte boundary but must not contain any more bits than that. Used to assign the hashes to particular nodes in the merkle tree as described below.       |
 +----------+-------------------+------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 The annotated hexdump below shows a `“merkleblock” message <../reference/p2p_networking.html#merkleblock>`__ which corresponds to the examples below. (The message header has been omitted.)