diff --git a/mdadm.8 b/mdadm.8
index 41722a6..fd26e12 100644
--- a/mdadm.8
+++ b/mdadm.8
@@ -1342,13 +1342,13 @@ be overridden with the
 .B \-\-force
 option.
 
-When creating an array with version-1 metadata a name for the host is
+When creating an array with version-1 metadata a name for the array is
 required.
 If this is not given with the
 .B \-\-name
 option,
 .I mdadm
-will chose a name based on the last component of the name of the
+will choose a name based on the last component of the name of the
 device being created.  So if
 .B /dev/md3
 is being created, then the name