diff --git a/collects/scribblings/drracket/interface-essentials.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/drracket/interface-essentials.scrbl
index 38cfd986aa..94b3d5c35f 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/drracket/interface-essentials.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/drracket/interface-essentials.scrbl
@@ -142,17 +142,18 @@ annotations:
 
 ]
 
-Check Syntax also runs interactively and the bottom, rightmost corner of the DrRacket window
+Check Syntax also runs automatically as you edit your program,
+and the bottom, rightmost corner of the DrRacket window
 shows its status. A red dot means that something has gone wrong;
 move your mouse over the dot to find out what is wrong. Mis-matched parentheses indicates
 that the buffer's parens are also mismatched; mouse over the parens for details.
 
 When nothing goes wrong, the colors indicate the stages processing of the program:
 blue (expanding), purple (computing check syntax information), orchid (updating the
-editor with the check syntax information), and green (finished)
+editor with the check syntax information), and green (finished).
 
 Also, right-clicking in that area yields a menu that lets you disable
-(or re-eneable) online Check Syntax.
+(or re-eneable) automatic Check Syntax.
 
 The @as-index{@onscreen{Run} button} evaluates the program in the
 @tech{definitions window} and resets the @tech{interactions window}.
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/drracket/prefs.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/drracket/prefs.scrbl
index cc05af1abd..a78cd8503d 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/drracket/prefs.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/drracket/prefs.scrbl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This panel controls the main font used by DrRacket.
 
 The @onscreen{Colors} panel has several sub-panels that let you
 configure the colors that DrRacket uses for the editor background, for
-highlighting matching parentheses, for the online coloring for Racket
+highlighting matching parentheses, for the syntax coloring for Racket
 and Java modes, for @onscreen{Check Syntax}, and for the colors of the
 text in the @tech{interactions window}.