diff --git a/README b/README
index 4257001..179dce3 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ NOTES
               Set $_Z_NO_PROMPT_COMMAND to handle PROMPT_COMMAND/precmd  your-
               self.
               Set $_Z_EXCLUDE_DIRS to an array of directories to exclude.
-              (These  settings  should  go  in .bashrc/.zshrc before the lines
+              (These  settings  should  go  in  .bashrc/.zshrc before the line
               added above.)
               Install   the   provided   man   page   z.1    somewhere    like
               /usr/local/man/man1.
diff --git a/z.1 b/z.1
index 4d2a607..97459de 100644
--- a/z.1
+++ b/z.1
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Set \fB$_Z_NO_PROMPT_COMMAND\fR to handle \fBPROMPT_COMMAND/precmd\fR yourself.
 Set \fB$_Z_EXCLUDE_DIRS\fR to an array of directories to exclude.
 .RE
 .RS
-(These settings should go in .bashrc/.zshrc before the lines added above.)
+(These settings should go in .bashrc/.zshrc before the line added above.)
 .RE
 .RS
 Install the provided man page \fBz.1\fR somewhere like \fB/usr/local/man/man1\fR.