diff --git a/references-to-previous-events.md b/references-to-previous-events.md
index 1081d72b..95ba21e5 100644
--- a/references-to-previous-events.md
+++ b/references-to-previous-events.md
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ The last received event `E0` contains references to previous events `[E1, E3, E7
 
 Problem:
 How can we find `E2`?
-We only know the distance `2` (relative to `E0`) of `E2`, but not the event ID of `E2`.
-Usually we would use the previous-event-reference with distance 1 of `E1`, but we dont have `E1`.
+We only know the distance `2` relative to `E0`, but not the event ID of `E2`.
+Usually we would use the previous-event-reference with distance `1` relative to `E1`, but we dont have `E1`.
 
 Solution:
 We ask relays for events with references to `E3` or `E7` (or any other previous event in this chain).