diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Then start any containers you want proxied with an env var `VIRTUAL_HOST=subdoma
 
 Provided your DNS is setup to forward foo.bar.com to the a host running nginx-proxy, the request will be routed to a container with the VIRTUAL_HOST env var set.
 
-If your are using `boot2docker` start `nginx-proxy` with:
+If you are using `boot2docker` start `nginx-proxy` with:
 
     $ $(boot2docker shellinit)
     $ docker run -p 80:80 -e DOCKER_HOST -e DOCKER_CERT_PATH -e DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY -v $DOCKER_CERT_PATH:$DOCKER_CERT_PATH -it jwilder/nginx-proxy
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Or it can be done by mounting in your custom configuration in your `docker run`
 
 #### Per-VIRTUAL_HOST
 
-To add settings on a per-`VIRTUAL_HOST` basis, add your configuration file under `/etc/nginx/vhost.d`. Unlike in the proxy-wide case, which allows mutliple config files with any name ending in `.conf`, the per-`VIRTUAL_HOST` file must be named exactly after the `VIRTUAL_HOST`.
+To add settings on a per-`VIRTUAL_HOST` basis, add your configuration file under `/etc/nginx/vhost.d`. Unlike in the proxy-wide case, which allows multiple config files with any name ending in `.conf`, the per-`VIRTUAL_HOST` file must be named exactly after the `VIRTUAL_HOST`.
 
 In order to allow virtual hosts to be dynamically configured as backends are added and removed, it makes the most sense to mount an external directory as `/etc/nginx/vhost.d` as opposed to using derived images or mounting individual configuration files.