diff --git a/docs/rules/user_defined_rules/configuration_rules.md b/docs/rules/user_defined_rules/configuration_rules.md
index d5a09062..6bc5555c 100644
--- a/docs/rules/user_defined_rules/configuration_rules.md
+++ b/docs/rules/user_defined_rules/configuration_rules.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Configuration rules are special rules that are applied once per commit and **BEFORE** any other rules are run.
 Configuration rules are meant to dynamically change gitlint's configuration and/or the commit that is about to be
 linted.
-A typically use-case for this is when you want to modifying gitlint's behavior for all rules against a commit matching
+A typically use-case for this is when you want to modify gitlint's behavior for all rules against a commit matching
 specific circumstances.
 
 !!! warning
diff --git a/gitlint-core/gitlint/cli.py b/gitlint-core/gitlint/cli.py
index 52924a70..084c0e68 100644
--- a/gitlint-core/gitlint/cli.py
+++ b/gitlint-core/gitlint/cli.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def lint(ctx):
         config_builder.set_config_from_commit(commit)
 
         # Create a deepcopy from the original config, so we have a unique config object per commit
-        # This is important for configuration rules to be able to modifying the config on a per commit basis
+        # This is important for configuration rules to be able to modify the config on a per commit basis
         commit_config = config_builder.build(copy.deepcopy(lint_config))
 
         # Actually do the linting