diff --git a/cachegrind/docs/cg-manual.xml b/cachegrind/docs/cg-manual.xml
index 35b55eb0a..88b93e807 100644
--- a/cachegrind/docs/cg-manual.xml
+++ b/cachegrind/docs/cg-manual.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ misses.  In particular, it records:</para>
   </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
-<para>On a modern x86 machine, an L1 miss will typically cost
+<para>On a modern machine, an L1 miss will typically cost
 around 10 cycles, and an L2 miss can cost as much as 200
 cycles. Detailed cache profiling can be very useful for improving
 the performance of your program.</para>
diff --git a/memcheck/docs/mc-manual.xml b/memcheck/docs/mc-manual.xml
index 744255b02..ba0ea3c90 100644
--- a/memcheck/docs/mc-manual.xml
+++ b/memcheck/docs/mc-manual.xml
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ Memcheck can detect the following problems:</para>
 
 <itemizedlist id="leakcheck">
   <listitem>
-    <para><computeroutput>--leak-check=no</computeroutput>
-    <para><computeroutput>--leak-check=summary</computeroutput>
-    [default]</para>
+    <para><computeroutput>--leak-check=no</computeroutput></para>
+    <para><computeroutput>--leak-check=summary</computeroutput> [default]</para>
     <para><computeroutput>--leak-check=full</computeroutput></para>
     <para>When enabled, search for memory leaks when the client
     program finishes.  A memory leak means a malloc'd block,