diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/loaned_message.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/loaned_message.hpp
index 282fb6c801..3fd86f0753 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/loaned_message.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/loaned_message.hpp
@@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ class LoanedMessage
    * The constructor of this class allocates memory for a given message type
    * and associates this with a given publisher.
    *
-   * Given the publisher instance, a case differentiation is being performaned
-   * which decides whether the underlying middleware is able to allocate the appropriate
-   * memory for this message type or not.
-   * In the case that the middleware can not loan messages, the passed in allocator instance
-   * is being used to allocate the message within the scope of this class.
-   * Otherwise, the allocator is being ignored and the allocation is solely performaned
+   * The underlying middleware is queried to determine whether it is able to allocate the
+   * appropriate memory for this message type or not.
+   * In the case that the middleware cannot loan messages, the passed in allocator instance
+   * is used to allocate the message within the scope of this class.
+   * Otherwise, the allocator is ignored and the allocation is solely performed
    * in the underlying middleware with its appropriate allocation strategy.
    * The need for this arises as the user code can be written explicitly targeting a middleware
    * capable of loaning messages.
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ class LoanedMessage
    * a middleware which doesn't support message loaning in which case the allocator will be used.
    *
    * \param[in] pub rclcpp::Publisher instance to which the memory belongs
-   * \param[in] allocator Allocator instance in case middleware can not allocate messages
+   * \param[in] allocator Allocator instance in case middleware cannot allocate messages
    * \throws anything rclcpp::exceptions::throw_from_rcl_error can throw.
    */
   LoanedMessage(