diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f22e14..32fcea4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Potato
 ======
 
-If you fork this, then you can say that you forked a potato.
+If you fork this you can say that you forked a potato.
 
 ![potato](http://i.imgur.com/dRnvRZZ.jpg)
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The potato first appeared in Peru about ten thousand years ago. The potato was a
 
 Following its introduction into China toward the end of the Ming dynasty in the seventeenth century, the potato immediately became a delicacy of the imperial family.
 
-By the time potatoes were introduced into Europe, the fork was already prevelant. Hence, started the tradition of forking the potato.
+By the time potatoes were introduced into Europe, the fork was already prevalent. Hence, started the tradition of forking the potato.
 
 A lack of equal rights for potatoes led to a disease spreading between them and endangered the tradition of forking the potato in Ireland. Fortunately, other areas of the world maintained their healthy, diverse potatoes, and so the tradition lives on.
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/drtshock/Potato.java b/src/main/java/org/drtshock/Potato.java
index fc591bd..cb43896 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/drtshock/Potato.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/drtshock/Potato.java
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ public class Potato implements Tuber {
         final Potato potato = new Potato();
         try {
             potato.prepare();
-            System.out.println("Of course potato is prepared and delicious.");
+            System.out.println("Of course Potato is prepared and delicious.");
         } catch (NotDeliciousException e) {
-            System.err.println("Fatal error! How could potato not be delicious?");
+            System.err.println("Fatal error! How could Potato not be delicious?");
         }
     }