diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-draft.el b/emacs/notmuch-draft.el
index a68b7d8d..aeb6c588 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-draft.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-draft.el
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   :group 'notmuch)
 
 (defcustom notmuch-draft-tags '("+draft")
-  "List of tags changes to apply to a draft message when it is saved in the database.
+  "List of tag changes to apply when saving a draft message in the database.
 
 Tags starting with \"+\" (or not starting with either \"+\" or
 \"-\") in the list will be added, and tags starting with \"-\"
diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-hello.el b/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
index c1b67e22..21855b70 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-hello.el
@@ -144,9 +144,11 @@ a plist. Supported properties are
                    Possible values are `oldest-first', `newest-first'
                    or nil. Nil means use the default sort order.
   :search-type     Specify whether to run the search in search-mode,
-                   tree mode or unthreaded mode. Set to 'tree to specify tree
-                   mode, 'unthreaded to specify unthreaded mode, and set to nil
-                   (or anything except tree and unthreaded) to specify search mode.
+                   tree mode or unthreaded mode. Set to `tree' to
+                   specify tree mode, 'unthreaded to specify
+                   unthreaded mode, and set to nil (or anything
+                   except tree and unthreaded) to specify search
+                   mode.
 
 Other accepted forms are a cons cell of the form (NAME . QUERY)
 or a list of the form (NAME QUERY COUNT-QUERY)."