diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/mutability.md b/src/doc/trpl/mutability.md
index ef569a09e2137..9a9e38f7d0a58 100644
--- a/src/doc/trpl/mutability.md
+++ b/src/doc/trpl/mutability.md
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ philosophy, memory safety, and the mechanism by which Rust guarantees it, the
 > You may have one or the other of these two kinds of borrows, but not both at
 > the same time:
 > 
-> * one or more references (`&T`) to a resource.
-> * exactly one mutable reference (`&mut T`)
+> * one or more references (`&T`) to a resource,
+> * exactly one mutable reference (`&mut T`).
 
 [ownership]: ownership.html
 [borrowing]: references-and-borrowing.html#borrowing
diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/references-and-borrowing.md b/src/doc/trpl/references-and-borrowing.md
index a7a77539f7958..ed6a8cfefa7ef 100644
--- a/src/doc/trpl/references-and-borrowing.md
+++ b/src/doc/trpl/references-and-borrowing.md
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ First, any borrow must last for a scope no greater than that of the owner.
 Second, you may have one or the other of these two kinds of borrows, but not
 both at the same time:
 
-* one or more references (`&T`) to a resource.
-* exactly one mutable reference (`&mut T`)
+* one or more references (`&T`) to a resource,
+* exactly one mutable reference (`&mut T`).
 
 
 You may notice that this is very similar, though not exactly the same as,