diff --git a/arraycontext/container/dataclass.py b/arraycontext/container/dataclass.py
index 6549207684f32cceccf6b6f48ac9d2c8ed9288e6..203246cd3d0589d1226235d5d780397104562cc6 100644
--- a/arraycontext/container/dataclass.py
+++ b/arraycontext/container/dataclass.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from arraycontext.container import is_array_container_type
 # {{{ dataclass containers
 
 def dataclass_array_container(cls: type) -> type:
-    """A class decorator that makes the class to which it is applied a
+    """A class decorator that makes the class to which it is applied an
     :class:`ArrayContainer` by registering appropriate implementations of
     :func:`serialize_container` and :func:`deserialize_container`.
     *cls* must be a :func:`~dataclasses.dataclass`.
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pytato/compile.py b/arraycontext/impl/pytato/compile.py
index a772a85a5705793dc3313131cf19add769d8dd3f..be76e71d508d4daa16cd7fff9d78ff3f2078727f 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pytato/compile.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pytato/compile.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class CompiledFunction:
 
     .. attribute:: input_id_to_name_in_program
 
-        A mapping from input id to the placholder name in
+        A mapping from input id to the placeholder name in
         :attr:`CompiledFunction.pytato_program`. Input id is represented as the
         position of :attr:`~LazilyCompilingFunctionCaller.f`'s argument augmented
         with the leaf array's key if the argument is an array container.