diff --git a/content/spin/v1/template-authoring.md b/content/spin/v1/template-authoring.md
index 0aee7badb..7aec9d302 100644
--- a/content/spin/v1/template-authoring.md
+++ b/content/spin/v1/template-authoring.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ A template consists of two directories, `content` and `metadata`.
   the Spin application directory, such as source code, the `spin.toml` file,
   standard assets, precompiled modules, etc.  These files can contain placeholders
   so the user of the template can customise the end result.
-* The `metadata` directory contains the files the control how the template is
+* The `metadata` directory contains the files that control how the template is
   instantiated.  In this version of Spin, the only file in this directory
   should be the _template manifest_.
 
diff --git a/content/spin/v2/template-authoring.md b/content/spin/v2/template-authoring.md
index 7e67823af..84c645ac4 100644
--- a/content/spin/v2/template-authoring.md
+++ b/content/spin/v2/template-authoring.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ A template consists of two directories, `content` and `metadata`.
   the Spin application directory, such as source code, the `spin.toml` file,
   standard assets, precompiled modules, etc.  These files can contain placeholders
   so the user of the template can customize the end result.
-* The `metadata` directory contains the files the control how the template is
+* The `metadata` directory contains the files that control how the template is
   instantiated.  In this version of Spin, the only file in this directory
   should be the _template manifest_.