diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1efb8e1..24aaf597 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ data:
   pool.size.max: 16
 ```    
 
-Individual properties work fine for most cases but sometimes we yaml is more convinient. In this case we will use a single property named `application.yaml` and embed our yaml inside it:
+Individual properties work fine for most cases but sometimes yaml is more convinient. In this case we will use a single property named `application.yaml` and embed our yaml inside it:
 
  ```yaml
 kind: ConfigMap
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ This can be externalized to Secrets in yaml format:
       amq.password: MWYyZDFlMmU2N2Rm
     ```    
 
-- **PostreSQL**
+- **PostgreSQL**
     ```yaml
     apiVersion: v1
     kind: Secret
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ This can be externalized to Secrets in yaml format:
         db: postgres
     type: Opaque
     data:
-      amq.username: dXNlcgo=
-      amq.password: cGdhZG1pbgo=
+      pg.username: dXNlcgo=
+      pg.password: cGdhZG1pbgo=
     ```    
 
 You can select the Secrets to consume in a number of ways: