diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 9e276c547d..e3b92d86f9 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -11530,7 +11530,7 @@ names returned by @option{--list-checkers}.
 
 @item --no-network
 @itemx -n
-Only enable the checkers which do not dependent on Internet access.
+Only enable the checkers that do not depend on Internet access.
 
 @item --load-path=@var{directory}
 @itemx -L @var{directory}
diff --git a/guix/scripts/lint.scm b/guix/scripts/lint.scm
index 1ab563a3fa..6833c60741 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/lint.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/lint.scm
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ run the checkers on all packages.\n"))
   -c, --checkers=CHECKER1,CHECKER2...
                          only run the specified checkers"))
   (display (G_ "
-  -n, --no-network       only run checkers which do not access to network"))
+  -n, --no-network       only run checkers that do not access the network"))
 
   (display (G_ "
   -L, --load-path=DIR    prepend DIR to the package module search path"))