diff --git a/episodes/docker-desktop.Rmd b/episodes/docker-desktop.Rmd
index bcb3c15a..ab75279f 100644
--- a/episodes/docker-desktop.Rmd
+++ b/episodes/docker-desktop.Rmd
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ If you look at the contents of the file, for example with `cat config/print.conf
 :::
 
 When we re-ran the *image*, we created a **new** *container*.
-The new container is created from the template saved in the image, and so our changes have banished.
+The new container is created from the template saved in the image, and so our changes appear to have vanished.
 This becomes very clear when we go back to the `Containers` tab on the left.
 We can see that the first container we created from the `spuc` image is there,
 next to the new container (which is still running, by the way).
diff --git a/instructors/build/slides-2-day2.html b/instructors/build/slides-2-day2.html
index ebe82cd6..b56edca1 100644
--- a/instructors/build/slides-2-day2.html
+++ b/instructors/build/slides-2-day2.html
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ <h2 id="rapid-extension">Rapid extension</h2>
           <p>With Docker Compose, you can easily add new services to your stack</p>
           <p>For example maybe SPUC would benefit from :</p>
           <ul>
-            <li>A propert database (rather than a file)</li>
+            <li>A proper database (rather than a file)</li>
             <li>Support for unicorn sensors via a message queue</li>
             <li>Allowing users to upload images of their sightings</li>
           </ul>