diff --git a/docs/notebooks/1_catalog.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/1_catalog.ipynb
index e8974225..e7b6ee39 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/1_catalog.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/1_catalog.ipynb
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
    "id": "5d8b7995",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "Notice that the search fontion returns everything available that matchs some of the criteria."
+    "Notice that the search function returns everything available that matches some of the criteria."
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "# Only returns variable that have all members, source and experiment asked for. In this case, pr, but not sftlf.\n",
+    "# Only returns variables that have all members, source and experiment asked for. In this case, pr, but not sftlf.\n",
     "DC.search(\n",
     "    source=\"NorESM2-MM\",\n",
     "    experiment=\"historical\",\n",
diff --git a/xscen/extract.py b/xscen/extract.py
index 21b48308..7575a526 100644
--- a/xscen/extract.py
+++ b/xscen/extract.py
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ def search_data_catalogs(
         Variables and freqs to search for, following a 'variable: xr-freq-compatible-str' format. A list of strings can also be provided.
     other_search_criteria : dict, optional
         Other criteria to search for in the catalogs' columns, following a 'column_name: list(subset)' format.
-        You can also pass 'require_all_on: list(columns_name)' in order to only return results that respond to all other criteria across the listed columns.
+        You can also pass 'require_all_on: list(columns_name)' in order to only return results that correspond to all other criteria across the listed columns.
         More details available at https://intake-esm.readthedocs.io/en/stable/how-to/enforce-search-query-criteria-via-require-all-on.html .
     exclusions : dict, optional
         Same as other_search_criteria, but for eliminating results.