diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ece2092..319e391 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.10
     * Clarified rest / cdr, cleaned up require
     * Make with return the last expression from its branch
     * Fix yielding to not suck (#151)
-    * Make assoc accept multiple values, also added a even/odd check for
+    * Make assoc accept multiple values, also added an even/odd check for
       checkargs
     * Added ability to parse doc strings set in defclass declarations,
     * Provide bin scripts for both Windows and *nix
diff --git a/hy/importer.py b/hy/importer.py
index 8fcbd27..6eca35a 100644
--- a/hy/importer.py
+++ b/hy/importer.py
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ def ast_compile(ast, filename, mode):
 
 
 def import_buffer_to_hst(buf):
-    """Import content from buf and return an Hy AST."""
+    """Import content from buf and return a Hy AST."""
     return tokenize(buf + "\n")
 
 
 def import_file_to_hst(fpath):
-    """Import content from fpath and return an Hy AST."""
+    """Import content from fpath and return a Hy AST."""
     try:
         with open(fpath, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             return import_buffer_to_hst(f.read())