diff --git a/user_guide/database/connecting.html b/user_guide/database/connecting.html
index bb1b401..1a74f55 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/connecting.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/connecting.html
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
 
 <ol>
 	<li>The database connection values, passed either as an array or a DSN string.</li>
-	<li>TRUE/FALSE (boolean).  Whether to return the connection ID (see Connecting to Multiple Databases below).</li>
-	<li>TRUE/FALSE (boolean).  Whether to enable the Active Record class.  Set to TRUE by default.</li>
+	<li>TRUE/FALSE (boolean). Whether to return the connection ID (see Connecting to Multiple Databases below).</li>
+	<li>TRUE/FALSE (boolean). Whether to enable the Active Record class. Set to TRUE by default.</li>
 </ol>
 
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 <p>By setting the second parameter to TRUE (boolean) the function will return the database object.</p>
 
 <div class="important">
-<p>When you connect this way, you will use your object name to issue commands rather than the syntax used throughout this guide.  In other words, rather than issuing commands with:</p>
+<p>When you connect this way, you will use your object name to issue commands rather than the syntax used throughout this guide. In other words, rather than issuing commands with:</p>
 
 <p>$this->db->query();<br />$this->db->result();<br /> etc...</p>