diff --git a/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/user/xml.adoc b/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/user/xml.adoc
index 1c56749545..5d79799e2b 100644
--- a/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/user/xml.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/user/xml.adoc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ It requires the `directory` location where data needs be stored on disk.
 
 === `<cache>` elements
 
-A `<cache>` element represent a `Cache` instance that will be created and managed by the `CacheManager`.
+A `<cache>` element represents a `Cache` instance that will be created and managed by the `CacheManager`.
 Each `<cache>` requires the `alias` attribute, used at runtime to retrieve the corresponding `Cache<K, V>` instance using
 the `org.ehcache.CacheManager.getCache(String, Class<K>, Class<V>)` method. The optional `uses-template` attribute lets you reference
 a `<cache-template>` element's `name` attribute. See the <<cache-template-elements,cache-template section>>
diff --git a/ehcache-107/src/test/resources/ehcache-example.xml b/ehcache-107/src/test/resources/ehcache-example.xml
index 5e9a955cad..3bc6eb3c44 100644
--- a/ehcache-107/src/test/resources/ehcache-example.xml
+++ b/ehcache-107/src/test/resources/ehcache-example.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
   <!--
     OPTIONAL
-      A <cache-template> defines a named template that can be used be <cache> definitions in this same file
+      A <cache-template> defines a named template that can be used in <cache> definitions in this same file
       They have all the same property as the <cache> elements above
   -->
   <ehcache:cache-template name="myDefaultTemplate">