diff --git a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
index 70562dc4c0235d..40e02d92eb2419 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	a patch.  At the time of this writing only missing author
 	information is warned about.
 
---author Author Name <Author Email>::
+--author 'Author Name <Author Email>'::
 	The author name and email address to use when no author
 	information can be found in the patch description.
 
 --patches <dir>::
 	The directory to find the quilt patches.
 +
-The default for the patch directory is patches
+The default for the patch directory is 'patches'
 or the value of the `$QUILT_PATCHES` environment
 variable.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/parallel-checkout.txt b/Documentation/technical/parallel-checkout.txt
index b5f54dcd4518fa..b4a144e5f4758d 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/parallel-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/parallel-checkout.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Then, for each assigned item, each worker:
 
 * W5: Writes the result to the file descriptor opened at W2.
 
-* W6: Calls `fstat()` or lstat()` on the just-written path, and sends
+* W6: Calls `fstat()` or `lstat()` on the just-written path, and sends
   the result back to the main process, together with the end status of
   the operation and the item's identification number.