diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.modbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/modbus.properties b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.modbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/modbus.properties
index 99c8761ca..47a24dbe0 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.modbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/modbus.properties
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.modbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/modbus.properties
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ binding.modbus.description = Binding for Modbus
 # thing types
 
 thing-type.modbus.data.label = Modbus Data
-thing-type.modbus.data.description = Data thing extracts values from binary data received from Modbus slave. Similarly, it it responsible of tranlating openHAB commands to Modbus write requests
+thing-type.modbus.data.description = Data thing extracts values from binary data received from Modbus slave. Similarly, it is responsible of translating openHAB commands to Modbus write requests
 thing-type.modbus.poller.label = Regular Poll
 thing-type.modbus.poller.description = Regular poll of data from Modbus slaves
 thing-type.modbus.serial.label = Modbus Serial Slave
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.modbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-data.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.modbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-data.xml
index 649e2fac2..0de4849a6 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.modbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-data.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.modbus/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-data.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 			<bridge-type-ref id="serial"/>
 		</supported-bridge-type-refs>
 		<label>Modbus Data</label>
-		<description>Data thing extracts values from binary data received from Modbus slave. Similarly, it it responsible of
-			tranlating openHAB commands to Modbus write requests</description>
+		<description>Data thing extracts values from binary data received from Modbus slave. Similarly, it is responsible of
+			translating openHAB commands to Modbus write requests</description>
 		<channels>
 			<channel id="number" typeId="number-type"/>
 			<channel id="switch" typeId="switch-type"/>