diff --git a/lectures/numba.md b/lectures/numba.md
index dd90e086..a763fb06 100644
--- a/lectures/numba.md
+++ b/lectures/numba.md
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ Now let's see how fast it runs:
 %time calculate_pi()
 ```
 
-If we switch of JIT compilation by removing `@njit`, the code takes around
+If we switch off JIT compilation by removing `@njit`, the code takes around
 150 times as long on our machine.
 
 So we get a speed gain of 2 orders of magnitude--which is huge--by adding four
diff --git a/lectures/scipy.md b/lectures/scipy.md
index da20e1f5..6d643d2d 100644
--- a/lectures/scipy.md
+++ b/lectures/scipy.md
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ from numpy.fft import fft, ifft
 from numpy.lib.scimath import *
 ```
 
-However, it's more common and better practice to use NumPy functionality explicitly
+However, it's more common and better practice to use NumPy functionality explicitly.
+
 
 ```{code-cell} python3
 import numpy as np
@@ -442,7 +443,7 @@ We leave you to investigate the [set of available routines](http://docs.scipy.or
 (sp_ex1)=
 ### Exercise 1
 
-Previously we discussed the concept of {ref}`recursive function calls <recursive_functions>`.
+In {ref}`this lecture <python_advanced_features>`, we will discuss the concept of {ref}`recursive function calls <recursive_functions>`.
 
 Try to write a recursive implementation of homemade bisection function {ref}`described above <bisect_func>`.