diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 380a8fbf..5d9ed438 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ Spring Cloud Build brings along the  `basepom:duplicate-finder-maven-plugin`, th
 [[duplicate-finder-configuration]]
 === Duplicate Finder configuration
 
-Duplicate finder is *enabled by default* and will run in the `verify` phase of your Maven build, but it will only take effect in your project if you add the `duplicate-finder-maven-plugin` to the `build` section of the projecst's `pom.xml`.
+Duplicate finder is *enabled by default* and will run in the `verify` phase of your Maven build, but it will only take effect in your project if you add the `duplicate-finder-maven-plugin` to the `build` section of the project's `pom.xml`.
 
 .pom.xml
 [source,xml]
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/server/environment-repository/aws-s3-backend.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/server/environment-repository/aws-s3-backend.adoc
index 8afe8ea9..0e642265 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/server/environment-repository/aws-s3-backend.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/server/environment-repository/aws-s3-backend.adoc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ NOTE: When no profile is specified `default` will be used.
 [[directory-layout]]
 == Directory layout
 
-Spring Cloud Config Server also supports per-app directory layout analogous to xref:./git-backend.adoc#placeholders-in-git-search-paths[`search-paths: '{application}'`] in Git backend.
+Spring Cloud Config Server also supports per-app directory layout analogous to xref:./git-backend.adoc#placeholders-in-git-search-paths[`search-paths: '\{application}'`] in Git backend.
 
 In order to enable it set `useDirectoryLayout` property to `true` as shown in the following example:
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ spring:
           useDirectoryLayout: true
 ----
 
-The preceding listing matches objects stored in your bucket in `/{application}` directory like: `/{application}/application{-profile}.yml`. Then structure of the bucket should look like this:
+The preceding listing matches objects stored in your bucket in `/\{application}` directory like: `/\{application}/application\{-profile}.yml`. Then structure of the bucket should look like this:
 
 ```
 ├── foo