diff --git a/text/0505-api-comment-conventions.md b/text/0505-api-comment-conventions.md
index 61c867d1048..0cdec7f79c1 100644
--- a/text/0505-api-comment-conventions.md
+++ b/text/0505-api-comment-conventions.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ standard library. These are called out specifically in the text itself.
 Avoid block comments. Use line comments instead:
 
 ```rust
-// Wait for the main task to return, and set the process error code
+// Waits for the main task to return, and sets the process error code
 // appropriately.
 ```
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Instead of:
 
 ```rust
 /*
- * Wait for the main task to return, and set the process error code
+ * Waits for the main task to return, and sets the process error code
  * appropriately.
  */
 ```
diff --git a/text/1574-more-api-documentation-conventions.md b/text/1574-more-api-documentation-conventions.md
index 24cf68228f4..8d771f1c606 100644
--- a/text/1574-more-api-documentation-conventions.md
+++ b/text/1574-more-api-documentation-conventions.md
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ to every grammar question, but there is often some kind of formal consensus.
 Avoid block comments. Use line comments instead:
 
 ```rust
-// Wait for the main task to return, and set the process error code
+// Waits for the main task to return, and sets the process error code
 // appropriately.
 ```
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ Instead of:
 
 ```rust
 /*
- * Wait for the main task to return, and set the process error code
+ * Waits for the main task to return, and sets the process error code
  * appropriately.
  */
 ```