diff --git a/collects/scribblings/inside/ports.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/inside/ports.scrbl
index 346a516bfa..d05e8904bb 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/inside/ports.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/inside/ports.scrbl
@@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ The functions are as follows.
            [Scheme_Out_Ready_Fun char_ready_fun]
            [Scheme_Close_Output_Fun close_fun]
            [Scheme_Need_Wakeup_Output_Fun need_wakeup_fun]
-           [Scheme_Write_Special_Fun write_special_fun]
            [Scheme_Write_Special_Evt_Fun write_special_evt_fun]
            [Scheme_Write_Special_Fun write_special_fun]
            [int must_close])]{
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/inside/procedures.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/inside/procedures.scrbl
index 689440126a..6841ccf2ef 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/inside/procedures.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/inside/procedures.scrbl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ information.  (The arity information provided to
 @cpp{scheme_make_prim_w_arity} is also used for the Racket
 @racket[arity] procedure.) The procedure implementation is not allowed
 to mutate the input array of arguments; as an exception, the procedure
-can mutate the array if it is the same a the result of
+can mutate the array if it is the same as the result of
 @cpp{scheme_current_argument_stack}. The procedure may mutate the
 arguments themselves when appropriate (e.g., a fill in a vector
 argument).