diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c23eecff97c6dcc925526f21b4f309e410038c40..f012b4b1049a40010871bbb88eef645d2a8ccd4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ AEAD primitive in Java:
 *   [Tink for C++](docs/CPP-HOWTO.md) and [Tink for Obj-C](docs/OBJC-HOWTO.md)
     are catching up with [Tink for Java](docs/JAVA-HOWTO.md) in terms of
     features and stability, and the offered functionality is 100%-compatible
-    with Java (cf. [cross-language tests](tools/testing/cross_language/). We
+    with Java (cf. [cross-language tests](tools/testing/cross_language/)). We
     plan to make a first release in June 2018.
 
 *   Tink for Go is in active development.
diff --git a/docs/CPP-HOWTO.md b/docs/CPP-HOWTO.md
index 4c97064129f1b1d887c924f958d8ac94adf93562..4f66e8d753bd2609c8156005483600e15c93cf35 100644
--- a/docs/CPP-HOWTO.md
+++ b/docs/CPP-HOWTO.md
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ directly in C++ code, one can use
 [`KeysetHandle`](https://github.com/google/tink/blob/master/cc/keyset_handle.h):
 
 ```cpp
-    auto new_keyset_result = KeysetHandle::GenerateNew(key_template);
-    if (!new_keyset_result.ok()) return new_key_result.status();
-    auto keyset = std::move(new_keyset_result.ValueOrDie());
+    auto new_keyset_handle_result = KeysetHandle::GenerateNew(key_template);
+    if (!new_keyset_handle_result.ok()) return new_keyset_handle_result.status();
+    auto keyset_handle = std::move(new_keyset_handle_result.ValueOrDie());
     // use the keyset...
 ```
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ factory offers corresponding `getPrimitive(...)` methods.
 
 Here is how you can obtain and use an [AEAD (Authenticated Encryption with
 Associated
-Data](PRIMITIVES.md#authenticated-encryption-with-associated-data) primitive
+Data)](PRIMITIVES.md#authenticated-encryption-with-associated-data) primitive
 to encrypt or decrypt data:
 
 ```cpp
diff --git a/docs/PRIMITIVES.md b/docs/PRIMITIVES.md
index d5ae6241febe47a0b668ed140587ba76e190e247..75ce75f7583d3f7623648c3bf4424e19207f36ed 100644
--- a/docs/PRIMITIVES.md
+++ b/docs/PRIMITIVES.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Vizár](https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/189.pdf).
 
 Minimal properties:
 
-- _plaintext_ and can have arbitrary length within the range 0..2<sup>38</sup>
+- _plaintext_ can have arbitrary length within the range 0..2<sup>38</sup>
   and _associated data_ can have arbitrary length within the range
   0..2<sup>31</sup>-1 bytes
 - CCA2 security