diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 27e6f6adf3..fab5da19ed 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ files, configuration, and services.
 @section Setting Up the Daemon
 
 @cindex daemon
-During the installation, the @dfn{build daemon} that must be running
+During installation, the @dfn{build daemon} that must be running
 to use Guix has already been set up and you can run @command{guix}
 commands in your terminal program, @pxref{Getting Started}:
 
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ Setup}.
 
 However, now would be a good time to replace outdated daemon versions,
 tweak it, perform builds on other machines (@pxref{Daemon Offload
-Setup}) or start it manually in special environments like Chroots
+Setup}), or start it manually in special environments like ``chroots''
 (@pxref{Chrooting into an existing system}) or WSL (not needed for WSL
 images created with Guix, @pxref{System Images,
 @code{wsl2-image-type}}).  If you want to know more or optimize your