diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1bf2ed31..526116af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ If `mergerfs` doesn't work as a type it could be due to how the `mount.mergerfs`
 
 See above first.
 
-If/when mergerfs is rewritten to use the low-level API then it'll be plausible to support system libfuse but till then its simply too much work to manage the differences across the versions.
+If/when mergerfs is rewritten to use the low-level API then it'll be plausible to support system libfuse but till then it's simply too much work to manage the differences across the versions.
 
 
 #### Why use mergerfs over mhddfs?
diff --git a/man/mergerfs.1 b/man/mergerfs.1
index d46ce056..33c7ae89 100644
--- a/man/mergerfs.1
+++ b/man/mergerfs.1
@@ -2504,7 +2504,7 @@ Longer term the plan is to rewrite mergerfs to use the low level API.
 See above first.
 .PP
 If/when mergerfs is rewritten to use the low\-level API then it\[aq]ll
-be plausible to support system libfuse but till then its simply too much
+be plausible to support system libfuse but till then it's simply too much
 work to manage the differences across the versions.
 .SS Why use mergerfs over mhddfs?
 .PP