diff --git a/docs/using/troubleshooting.md b/docs/using/troubleshooting.md
index c36a16b2..9e789254 100644
--- a/docs/using/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/using/troubleshooting.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The following sections cover a few of these scenarios and how to fix them.
    (including user ids) which may result in permissions errors when trying to access directories or create/modify files inside.
 
    Suppose your local user has a `UID` and `GID` of `1234` and `5678`, respectively. To fix the UID discrepancies between your local directories and the container's
-   directories, you can run the container with an explicit `NB_UID` and `NB_GID` to match the that of the local user:
+   directories, you can run the container with an explicit `NB_UID` and `NB_GID` to match that of the local user:
 
    ```bash
    docker run -it --rm \
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ If you have also **created a new user**, you might be experiencing any of the fo
   ```
 
   This example uses the syntax `$(PWD)`, which is replaced with the full path to the current directory at runtime. The destination
-  path should also be an absolute path starting with a `/` such as `home/jovyan/work`.
+  path should also be an absolute path starting with a `/` such as `/home/jovyan/work`.
 
 - You might want to consider using the Docker native `--user <UID>` and `--group-add users` flags instead of `-e NB_UID` and `-e NB_GID`: