diff --git a/doc/en/Gnome/Canvas.xml b/doc/en/Gnome/Canvas.xml
index 33a5ad49d..6e12ba969 100644
--- a/doc/en/Gnome/Canvas.xml
+++ b/doc/en/Gnome/Canvas.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
Along with different coordinate systems comes functions
to convert between them. converts world to
canvas pixel coordinates and from
- canvas to world. is like
+ canvas to world. is like
but returns the pixel coordinates as
doubles which is useful to avoid precision loss from integer
rounding. To get the affine transform matrix for converting
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
.
converts from window to world coordinates and
- converts in the other
+ converts in the other
direction. There are no functions for converting between
canvas and window coordinates, since this is just a matter of
subtracting the canvas scrolling offset. To convert to/from
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
Defining the scrollable area of a canvas widget is done by
- calling and to get the
+ calling and to get the
current region can be
used. If the window is larger than the canvas scrolling region
it can optionally be centered in the window. Use the
diff --git a/doc/en/Gnome/CanvasItem.xml b/doc/en/Gnome/CanvasItem.xml
index d5050a7d0..c66e65ac1 100644
--- a/doc/en/Gnome/CanvasItem.xml
+++ b/doc/en/Gnome/CanvasItem.xml
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@
, and to convert in the other direction
call . To get the transform for
converting from item to world coordinates use
- or for converting item to
+ or for converting item to
canvas coordinates, .
Handling user input for interactive items is accomplished
- through a few functions and the "event" signals. To grab the
+ through a few functions and the signals. To grab the
mouse cursor call , it can be
ungrabbed with (see
of the GTK+ library for details). To grab
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
Some other useful functions include a reparenting routine,
, and a function to query the
bounding box of an item (a minumum rectangular area containing
- all parts of the item),
+ all parts of the item), .