diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a0e398..b0a5ee8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ The sensor driver package includes bme280.c, bme280.h and bme280_defs.h files.
 SPI 3-wire is currently not supported in the API.
 ## Usage guide
 ### Initializing the sensor
-To initialize the sensor, user need to create a device structure. User can do this by 
+To initialize the sensor, user needs to create a device structure. User can do this by 
 creating an instance of the structure bme280_dev. After creating the device strcuture, user 
-need to fill in the various parameters as shown below.
+needs to fill in the various parameters as shown below.
 
 #### Example for SPI 4-Wire
 ``` c
@@ -297,4 +297,4 @@ int8_t user_i2c_write(uint8_t reg_addr, uint8_t *reg_data, uint32_t len, void *i
     return rslt;
 }
 
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```