diff --git a/docs/ansible.rst b/docs/ansible.rst
index 22b1433f..4ccce845 100644
--- a/docs/ansible.rst
+++ b/docs/ansible.rst
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ in regular Ansible:
 
 * During task shutdown, it is not necessary to wait to learn if the target has
   succeeded in deleting a temporary directory, since any error that may occur
-  can is logged asynchronously via the logging framework, and the persistent
+  is logged asynchronously via the logging framework, and the persistent
   remote interpreter arranges for all subdirectories to be destroyed during
   interpreter shutdown.
 
diff --git a/docs/howitworks.rst b/docs/howitworks.rst
index 5bc7b53d..b4a53810 100644
--- a/docs/howitworks.rst
+++ b/docs/howitworks.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ writing the decompressed result to the write-end of the UNIX pipe.
 
 To allow recovery of ``stdin`` for reuse by the bootstrapped process for
 parent<->child communication, it is necessary for the first stage to avoid
-closing ``stdin`` or reading from it until until EOF. Therefore, the master
+closing ``stdin`` or reading from it until EOF. Therefore, the master
 sends the :py:mod:`zlib`-compressed payload prefixed with an integer size,
 allowing reading by the first stage of exactly the required bytes.
 
@@ -572,10 +572,10 @@ to receive a message from a newly constructed child before receiving a
 corresponding ``ADD_ROUTE`` sent by the child's parent, describing how to reply
 to it.
 
-When ``sudo:node22a:webapp`` wants to send a message to
-``sudo:node12b:webapp``, the message will be routed as follows:
+When ``sudo:node12b:webapp`` wants to send a message to
+``sudo:node22a:webapp``, the message will be routed as follows:
 
-``sudo:node22a:webapp -> node22a -> rack22 -> dc2 -> bastion -> dc1 -> rack12 -> node12b -> sudo:node12b:webapp``
+``sudo:node12b:webapp -> node12b -> rack12 -> dc1 -> bastion -> dc2 -> rack22 -> node22a -> sudo:node22a:webapp``
 
 .. image:: images/route.svg
     :class: mitogen-full-width