diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/ResultSet/TaskRetries.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/ResultSet/TaskRetries.pm
index 10d89cd8..526d3f40 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/ResultSet/TaskRetries.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/ResultSet/TaskRetries.pm
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ use Hydra::Task;
 Query the database to identify how soon the next retryable task is due
 for being attempted again.
 
-If there are no tasks to be reattempted it returns undef.
+If there are no tasks to be reattempted, it returns undef.
 
 If a task's scheduled retry has passed, it returns 0.
 
-Otherwise, returns the number of seconds from now to look for work.
+Otherwise, returns the number of seconds to wait before looking for more work.
 
 =cut
 sub get_seconds_to_next_retry {
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/TaskDispatcher.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/TaskDispatcher.pm
index 310fe6d6..a45f88ab 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/TaskDispatcher.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/TaskDispatcher.pm
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Arguments:
 
 =item C<$event>
 
-L<Hydra::Event> the event, usually from L<Hydra::PostgresListener>.
+L<Hydra::Event> The event, usually from L<Hydra::PostgresListener>.
 
 =back
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ sub dispatch_event {
 
 =head2 dispatch_task
 
-Execute a specifi plugin against the provided L<Hydra::Task>.
+Execute a specific plugin against the provided L<Hydra::Task>.
 The Task includes information about what plugin should be executed.
 If the provided plugin does not exist, an error logged is logged and the
 function returns falsey.
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Arguments:
 
 =item C<$task>
 
-L<Hydra::Task> the task, usually from L<Hydra::Shema::Result::TaskRetries>.
+L<Hydra::Task> The task, usually from L<Hydra::Shema::Result::TaskRetries>.
 
 =back
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Arguments:
 
 =item C<$task>
 
-L<Hydra::Task> the task to mark as successful.
+L<Hydra::Task> The task to mark as successful.
 
 =back
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ Arguments:
 
 =item C<$task>
 
-L<Hydra::Task> the task to mark as successful.
+L<Hydra::Task> The task to mark as successful.
 
 =back
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ Arguments:
 
 =item C<$task>
 
-L<Hydra::Task> the task to return labels for.
+L<Hydra::Task> The task to return labels for.
 
 =back