diff --git a/gamedir/Data-1.13/TableData/Backgrounds.xml b/gamedir/Data-1.13/TableData/Backgrounds.xml
index db1c7e45e..afc0dcd05 100644
--- a/gamedir/Data-1.13/TableData/Backgrounds.xml
+++ b/gamedir/Data-1.13/TableData/Backgrounds.xml
@@ -3120,7 +3120,7 @@
 		<uiIndex>247</uiIndex>
 		<szName>Priest</szName>
 		<szShortName>Priest</szShortName>
-		<szDescription>Many devout followers of any religion or cult area surprisingly&#10; violent and zealous if pushed in the right (or wrong) direction.</szDescription>
+		<szDescription>Many devout followers of any religion or cult area are surprisingly&#10; violent and zealous if pushed in the right (or wrong) direction.</szDescription>
 		<approach_recruit>10</approach_recruit>
 		<scrounging>1</scrounging>
 		<no_male>1</no_male>
@@ -3370,7 +3370,7 @@
     <uiIndex>273</uiIndex>
     <szName>Bodyguard</szName>
     <szShortName>Bodyguard</szShortName>
-    <szDescription>Superbly trained, utterly loyal, and willing to pay the &#10;ultimate price. What more could a potential employer want?.</szDescription>
+    <szDescription>Superbly trained, utterly loyal, and willing to pay the &#10;ultimate price. What more could a potential employer want?</szDescription>
     <ap_inventory>-10</ap_inventory>
     <strength>1</strength>
     <resistance_physical>3</resistance_physical>
diff --git a/gamedir/Data-1.13/TableData/LoadScreenHints.xml b/gamedir/Data-1.13/TableData/LoadScreenHints.xml
index c338031de..10753f0df 100644
--- a/gamedir/Data-1.13/TableData/LoadScreenHints.xml
+++ b/gamedir/Data-1.13/TableData/LoadScreenHints.xml
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ The other tags determine in what category this hint falls, and will be displayed
   </LOADSCREENHINT>
   <LOADSCREENHINT>
     <uiIndex>130</uiIndex>
-    <szName>You can inspect trap before trying to disarm it. Recommended if you are happy with your current number of extremities.</szName>
+    <szName>You can inspect traps before trying to disarm it. Recommended if you are happy with your current number of extremities.</szName>
     <items>1</items>
   </LOADSCREENHINT>
   <LOADSCREENHINT>
diff --git a/gamedir/Data/TableData/Backgrounds.xml b/gamedir/Data/TableData/Backgrounds.xml
index 417a52614..3ba502625 100644
--- a/gamedir/Data/TableData/Backgrounds.xml
+++ b/gamedir/Data/TableData/Backgrounds.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     <uiIndex>10</uiIndex>
     <szName>Priest</szName>
     <szShortName>Priest</szShortName>
-    <szDescription>Many devout followers of any religion or cult area surprisingly&#10; violent and zealous if pushed in the right (or wrong) direction.</szDescription>
+    <szDescription>Many devout followers of any religion or cult area are surprisingly&#10; violent and zealous if pushed in the right (or wrong) direction.</szDescription>
     <approach_recruit>10</approach_recruit>
   </BACKGROUND>
   <BACKGROUND>
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
     <uiIndex>19</uiIndex>
     <szName>Bodyguard</szName>
     <szShortName>Bodyguard</szShortName>
-    <szDescription>Superbly trained, utterly loyal, and willing to pay the &#10;ultimate price. What more could a potential employer want?.</szDescription>
+    <szDescription>Superbly trained, utterly loyal, and willing to pay the &#10;ultimate price. What more could a potential employer want?</szDescription>
     <ap_inventory>-10</ap_inventory>
     <strength>1</strength>
     <resistance_physical>3</resistance_physical>
diff --git a/gamedir/Data/TableData/LoadScreenHints.xml b/gamedir/Data/TableData/LoadScreenHints.xml
index c338031de..10753f0df 100644
--- a/gamedir/Data/TableData/LoadScreenHints.xml
+++ b/gamedir/Data/TableData/LoadScreenHints.xml
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ The other tags determine in what category this hint falls, and will be displayed
   </LOADSCREENHINT>
   <LOADSCREENHINT>
     <uiIndex>130</uiIndex>
-    <szName>You can inspect trap before trying to disarm it. Recommended if you are happy with your current number of extremities.</szName>
+    <szName>You can inspect traps before trying to disarm it. Recommended if you are happy with your current number of extremities.</szName>
     <items>1</items>
   </LOADSCREENHINT>
   <LOADSCREENHINT>