diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ccc4730c..ac6bf39c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The CLI tools and web UI will be shipping shortly.
 ## Install the dependencies and build
 
 Bistro needs a 64-bit Linux, Folly, FBThrift, Proxygen, boost, and
-libsqlite3.  You need 2-3GB of RAM to build, as well as GCC 4.9 or above.
+libsqlite3.  You need 2-3GB of RAM to build as well as GCC 4.9 or above.
 
 `build/README.md` documents the usage of Docker-based scripts that build
 Bistro on Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, and Debian 8.6.  You should be able to follow
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Aside: The scheduler tracks jobs, and data shards on which to execute them.
 It also makes sure only to start new tasks when the required resources are
 available.  The remote worker is a module for executing centrally scheduled
 work on many machines.  The UI can aggregate many schedulers at once, so
-using remote workers is optional --- a share-nothing, many-scheduler system
+using remote workers is optional --- a share-nothing, the many-scheduler system
 is sometimes preferable.
 
 Let's make a task to execute: