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@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ There are multiple types of election, which each take different parameters. Belo
 
 ###### election new upsert-validator
 
-Call an election to add/update/remove a validator from the validator set.
+Create an election to add/update/remove a validator from the validator set.
 
 
 ```bash
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ If the command succeeds, it will create an election and return an `election_id`.
 
 #### election approve
 
-Approve an election by voting for it. The propsal generated by executing `bigchaindb election new ...` can approved by the validators using this command. The validator who is approving the proposal will spend all their votes i.e. if the validator has a network power of `10` then they will cast `10` votes for the proposal.
+Approve an election by voting for it. The proposal generated by executing `bigchaindb election new ...` can be approved by the validators using this command. The validator who is approving the proposal will spend all their votes i.e. if the validator has a network power of `10` then they will cast `10` votes for the proposal.
 
 Below is the command line syntax and the return value,