diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authorization/authorize-http-requests.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authorization/authorize-http-requests.adoc
index 40f22be215..7cb7fab321 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authorization/authorize-http-requests.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authorization/authorize-http-requests.adoc
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ void endpointWhenNotUserAuthorityThenForbidden() {
 @Test
 void anyWhenUnauthenticatedThenUnauthorized() {
     this.mvc.perform(get("/any"))
-        .andExpect(status().isUnauthorized())
+        .andExpect(status().isUnauthorized());
 }
 ----
 ======
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void endpointWhenNotUserAuthorityThenForbidden() {
 @Test
 void anyWhenUnauthenticatedThenUnauthorized() {
     this.mvc.perform(get("/any"))
-        .andExpect(status().isUnauthorized())
+        .andExpect(status().isUnauthorized());
 }
 ----
 ======
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ void getWhenNoReadAuthorityThenForbidden() {
 @Test
 void postWhenWriteAuthorityThenAuthorized() {
     this.mvc.perform(post("/any").with(csrf()))
-        .andExpect(status().isOk())
+        .andExpect(status().isOk());
 }
 
 @WithMockUser(authorities="read")
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ Xml::
 </http>
 ----
 ======
-<1> We specified a URL patters that any user can access.
+<1> We specified a URL pattern that any user can access.
 Specifically, any user can access a request if the URL starts with "/static/".
 <2> Any URL that starts with "/admin/" will be restricted to users who have the role "ROLE_ADMIN".
 You will notice that since we are invoking the `hasRole` method we do not need to specify the "ROLE_" prefix.