diff --git a/doc/documentation_conventions.md b/doc/documentation_conventions.md
index c4757b85e9..80e1798116 100644
--- a/doc/documentation_conventions.md
+++ b/doc/documentation_conventions.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Last change: 2022-12-30
 
 In fall 2019, the LAMMPS documentation file format has changed from a
 home grown markup designed to generate HTML format files only, to
-[reStructuredText](https://docutils.sourceforge.io/rst.html>.  For a
+[reStructuredText](https://docutils.sourceforge.io/rst.html>).  For a
 transition period all files in the old .txt format were transparently
 converted to .rst and then processed.  The `txt2rst tool` is still
 included in the distribution to obtain an initial .rst file for legacy
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Groups of shell commands or LAMMPS input script or C/C++/Python source
 code should be typeset into a `.. code-block::` section. A syntax
 highlighting extension for LAMMPS input scripts is provided, so `LAMMPS`
 can be used to indicate the language in the code block in addition to
-`bash`, `c`, `c++`, `console`, `csh`, `diff', `fortran`, `json`, `make`,
+`bash`, `c`, `c++`, `console`, `csh`, `diff`, `fortran`, `json`, `make`,
 `perl`, `powershell`, `python`, `sh`, or `tcl`, `text`, or `yaml`.  When
 no syntax style is indicated, no syntax highlighting is performed.  When
 typesetting commands executed on the shell, please do not prefix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ block can be used, followed by multiple `.. tab::` blocks, one
 for each alternative. This is only used for HTML output. For other
 outputs, the `.. tabs::` directive is transparently removed and
 the individual `.. tab::` blocks will be replaced with an
-`.. admonition::`` block. Thus in PDF and ePUB output those will
+`.. admonition::` block. Thus in PDF and ePUB output those will
 be realized as sequential and plain notes.
 
 Special remarks can be highlighted with a `.. note::` block and