diff --git a/source/tutorial/perform-two-phase-commits.txt b/source/tutorial/perform-two-phase-commits.txt
index 281e6777ce5..da13e341676 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/perform-two-phase-commits.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/perform-two-phase-commits.txt
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ the following:
 Recovering from Failure Scenarios
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The most important part of the transaction procedure is not, the
+The most important part of the transaction procedure is not the
 prototypical example above, but rather the possibility for recovering
 from the various failure scenarios when transactions do not complete
 as intended. This section will provide an overview of possible
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ recovery operations every time the application starts to catch any
 unfinished transactions. You may also wish run the recovery operation
 at regular intervals to ensure that your data remains consistent.
 
-The time required to reach a consistent state depends, on how long the
+The time required to reach a consistent state depends on how long the
 application needs to recover each transaction.
 
 .. _2-phase-commits-rollback:
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ before applying the transaction.
 
 If the application ``A1`` fails during transaction execution, you can
 use the :ref:`recovery procedures <2-phase-commits-recovery>`, but
-applications should ensure that they "owns" the transaction before
+applications should ensure that they "own" the transaction before
 applying the transaction. For example to resume pending jobs, use a
 query that resembles the following:
 
@@ -461,13 +461,13 @@ Using Two-Phase Commits in Production Applications
 The example transaction above is intentionally simple. For example, it
 assumes that:
 
-- it is always possible roll back operations an account.
+- it is always possible to roll back operations an account.
 
 - account balances can hold negative values.
 
 Production implementations would likely be more complex. Typically
-accounts need to information about current balance, pending credits,
-pending debits. Then:
+accounts need information about current balance, pending credits,
+pending debits, etc. Then:
 
 - when your application :ref:`switches the transaction state to
   pending <2-phase-commits-step-2>` (i.e. step 2) it would also make