diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
index 759871a2b3..2f6805625b 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -316,14 +316,14 @@
         <title>Policies and Change Flow</title>
 
         <para>
-            The Yocto Project itself uses a hierarchy structure and a
+            The Yocto Project itself uses a hierarchical structure and a
             pull model.
             Scripts exist to create and send pull requests
             (i.e. <filename>create-pull-request</filename> and
             <filename>send-pull-request</filename>).
             This model is in line with other open source projects where
             maintainers are responsible for specific areas of the project
-            and a single maintainer handles the final top-of-tree merges.
+            and a single maintainer handles the final "top-of-tree" merges.
         </para>
 
         <note>