diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 5fcbdda19..084f670a1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Docs:
 
 Chat:
 
-- The hledger IRC channels (in matrix syntax: #hledger:libera.chat,
+- The hledger IRC channels (#hledger:libera.chat,
   #hledger-bots:libera.chat) moved to Libera.chat.
     
 - The hledger Matrix room (#hledger:matrix.org), is now on at least
diff --git a/hledger/CHANGES.md b/hledger/CHANGES.md
index 58b6fff97..35b891ff4 100644
--- a/hledger/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger/CHANGES.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Improvements
 
 - Many internal optimisations have been applied (cf hledger-lib
   changelog). Overall, you can expect most reports to be about 20%
-  faster. The register report is more than 2x faster uses 4x less
+  faster. The register report is more than 2x faster and uses 4x less
   memory. (Stephen Morgan)
 
       ~/src/hledger$ quickbench -w hledger-1.21,hledger