diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 1cab3412e..0faa02175 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ $a->config['system']['addon'] = 'js_upload,poormancron';
 
 and save your changes.
 
-9. (Optional) Set up a backup plan
+9. (Recommended) Set up a backup plan
 
-Bad things will happen. Be them a hardware failure, a currupted database
-or whatever you can think of. So once the installation of your Friendica
-node is done, you should make yoursef a backup plan.
+Bad things will happen. Let there be them a hardware failure, a currupted
+database or whatever you can think of. So once the installation of your
+Friendica node is done, you should make yoursef a backup plan.
 
 The most important file is the `.htconfig.php` file in the base directory.
 As it stores all your data, you should also have a recent dump of your
diff --git a/doc/Install.md b/doc/Install.md
index 257d62778..100ca411f 100644
--- a/doc/Install.md
+++ b/doc/Install.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ The addon tree has to be updated separately like so:
 
 ###Set up a backup plan
 Bad things will happen.
-Be them a hardware failure, a currupted database or whatever you can think of.
+Let there be them a hardware failure, a currupted database or whatever you can think of.
 So once the installation of your Friendica node is done, you should make yoursef a backup plan.
 
 The most important file is the `.htconfig.php` file in the base directory.