diff --git a/postlfs/security/openssl.xml b/postlfs/security/openssl.xml
index f17a207de2..a4647a1fed 100644
--- a/postlfs/security/openssl.xml
+++ b/postlfs/security/openssl.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">OpenSSL Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
-    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="bc"/>(if you run the test suite
+    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="bc"/> (if you run the test suite
     during the build)</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
diff --git a/postlfs/security/polkit.xml b/postlfs/security/polkit.xml
index c68a0364ea..f6b1de1b87 100644
--- a/postlfs/security/polkit.xml
+++ b/postlfs/security/polkit.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ useradd -c "Policy Kit Daemon User" -d /dev/null \
     -u 27 -g polkituser -s /bin/false polkituser</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install <application>polkit</application> by running the following
-    commands as an unprivileged user::</para>
+    commands as an unprivileged user:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
     --libexecdir=/usr/lib/polkit-1 --localstatedir=/var &amp;&amp;