--- a/doc/interpreter/emacs.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/emacs.txi
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 (@code{octave-beginning-of-line}).  If point is in an empty or comment
 line, simply go to its beginning;  otherwise, move backwards to the
 beginning of the first code line which is not inside a continuation
-statement,  i.e., which does not follow a code line ending in @samp{...}
+statement, i.e., which does not follow a code line ending in @samp{...}
 or @samp{\}, or is inside an open parenthesis list.
 
 @item C-c C-e
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 
 @item C-c f
 Insert a function skeleton, prompting for the function's name, arguments
-and return values which have to be entered without parens
+and return values which have to be entered without parentheses
 (@code{octave-insert-defun}).
 
 @item C-c C-h