diff --git a/examples/panic/panic.go b/examples/panic/panic.go
index 4c0c9b0..14d49b0 100644
--- a/examples/panic/panic.go
+++ b/examples/panic/panic.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func main() {
     // site designed to panic.
     panic("a problem")
 
-    // A common use of panic is to abort if function
+    // A common use of panic is to abort if a function
     // returns an error value that we don't know how to
     // (or want to) handle. Here's an example of
     // `panic`king if we get an unexpected error when creating a new file.
diff --git a/examples/panic/panic.sh b/examples/panic/panic.sh
index d371bff..a851be9 100644
--- a/examples/panic/panic.sh
+++ b/examples/panic/panic.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Running the program will cause it to panic, print
+# Running this program will cause it to panic, print
 # an error message and goroutine traces, and exit with
 # a non-zero status.
 $ go run panic.go
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ exit status 2
 # Note that unlike some languages which use exceptions
 # for handling of many errors, in Go it is idiomatic
 # to use error-indicating return values wherever possible.
-# We'll learn more about this in later examples.