diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst
index a9c84fe3a5..d94fa4a5c9 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst
@@ -401,11 +401,11 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case:
      section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual.
 
    :term:`SPDX`
-      This term means *Software Package Data Exchange*, and is used as a open
+      This term means *Software Package Data Exchange*, and is used as an open
       standard for providing a *Software Bill of Materials* (:term:`SBOM`).
       This standard is developed through a `Linux Foundation project
       <https://spdx.dev/>`__ and is used by the OpenEmbedded Build System to
-      provide an :term:`SBOM` associated to each a software image.
+      provide an :term:`SBOM` associated to each software image.
 
       For details, see Wikipedia's :wikipedia:`SPDX page <Software_Package_Data_Exchange>`
       and the ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:creating a software bill of materials`"