diff --git a/README b/README
index 279cbd2..aaacb58 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ NOTES
        Aging:
 
        The rank of directories maintained by z undergoes aging based on a  simple
-       formula.	 Each the rank of each entry is incremented by 1 every time it is
+       formula.	 The  rank  of	each  entry  is incremented by 1 every time it is
        accessed. When the sum total of ranks is greater than 1000, all ranks  are
        multiplied by 0.9. Entries with a rank lower than 1 are forgotten.
 
diff --git a/z.1 b/z.1
index e99949c..02dc9e2 100644
--- a/z.1
+++ b/z.1
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ optionally:
 \fBAging:\fR
 .P
 The rank of directories maintained by \fBz\fR undergoes aging based on a simple
-formula. Each the rank of each entry is incremented by 1 every time it is
+formula. The rank of each entry is incremented by 1 every time it is
 accessed. When the sum total of ranks is greater than 1000, all ranks are
 multiplied by 0.9. Entries with a rank lower than 1 are forgotten.
 .br