diff --git a/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi b/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
index 12316f0d985..ae1e09105ba 100644
--- a/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ Article, ,Misc Article, gnus, Gnus manual}).
 @item mm-html-blocked-images
 @vindex mm-html-blocked-images
 External images that have @acronym{URL}s that match this regexp won't
-be fetched and displayed.  For instance, do block all @acronym{URL}s
+be fetched and displayed.  For instance, to block all @acronym{URL}s
 that have the string ``ads'' in them, do the following:
 
 @lisp
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index 8dd0c1ba9d5..7bcf1cd9714 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -11789,7 +11789,7 @@ renderer.  If set to @code{gnus-w3m}, it uses @code{w3m}.
 @item gnus-blocked-images
 @vindex gnus-blocked-images
 External images that have @acronym{URL}s that match this regexp won't
-be fetched and displayed.  For instance, do block all @acronym{URL}s
+be fetched and displayed.  For instance, to block all @acronym{URL}s
 that have the string ``ads'' in them, do the following:
 
 @lisp