diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 660463dd..2d662431 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ There is a single parameter object with sensible defaults that can be overridden
 [paige]
 
 enable_math = false # Enables math typesetting for this page
-exclude_feeds = false # Exclude this page from feeds
-exclude_search = false # Exclude this page from search
+exclude_feeds = false # Excludes this page from feeds
+exclude_search = false # Excludes this page from search
 style = "" # CSS included at the end of the stylesheet, before style-last.css, for this page
 
 [paige.alert]