diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92ba50c..ce6afb8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ You: What do you mean?                              |         pivot = array[0]
                                                     |         for x in array:
 She: I mean,                                        |             if x < pivot: less.append(x)
 She: do you really need all these ifs and fors?     |             if x == pivot: equal.append(x)
-She: Could you may be just use filter instead?      |             if x > pivot: greater.append(x)
+She: Could you maybe just use filter instead?      |             if x > pivot: greater.append(x)
                                                     |         return sort(less)+equal+sort(greater)
 You: quicksort with filter?                         |     else:
                                                     |         return array
diff --git a/lib/get_answer.py b/lib/get_answer.py
index a5eb81c..9bb4058 100644
--- a/lib/get_answer.py
+++ b/lib/get_answer.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def _get_unknown(topic):
     possible_topics_text = "\n".join([("    * %s %s" % x) for x in possible_topics])
     return """
 Unknown topic.
-Do you mean one of these topics may be?
+Do you mean one of these topics maybe?
 
 %s
     """ % possible_topics_text