diff --git a/xml.html.markdown b/xml.html.markdown
index d407512d..4d33e614 100644
--- a/xml.html.markdown
+++ b/xml.html.markdown
@@ -40,13 +40,14 @@ Unlike HTML, XML does not specify how to display or to format data, just carry i
It starts with a declaration, informing some metadata (optional).
XML uses a tree structure. Above, the root node is 'bookstore', which has
- three child nodes, all 'books'. Those nodes has more child nodes, and so on...
+ three child nodes, all 'books'. Those nodes have more child nodes (or
+ children), and so on...
- Nodes are created using open/close tags, and childs are just nodes between
+ Nodes are created using open/close tags, and children are just nodes between
the open and close tags.-->
-