diff --git a/source/_docs/configuration/templating.markdown b/source/_docs/configuration/templating.markdown
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@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ Home Assistant adds extensions to allow templates to access all of the current s
 - Iterating `states.domain` will yield each state of that domain sorted alphabetically by entity ID.
 - `states.sensor.temperature` returns the state object for `sensor.temperature`.
 - `states('device_tracker.paulus')` will return the state string (not the object) of the given entity or `unknown` if it doesn't exist.
-- `is_state('device_tracker.paulus', 'home')` will test if the given entity is specified state.
+- `is_state('device_tracker.paulus', 'home')` will test if the given entity is the specified state.
 - `state_attr('device_tracker.paulus', 'battery')` will return the value of the attribute or None if it doesn't exist.
-- `is_state_attr('device_tracker.paulus', 'battery', 40)` will test if the given entity is specified state.
+- `is_state_attr('device_tracker.paulus', 'battery', 40)` will test if the given entity attribute is the specified state (in this case, a numeric value).
 - `now()` will be rendered as current time in your time zone.
   - For specific values: `now().second`, `now().minute`, `now().hour`, `now().day`, `now().month`, `now().year`, `now().weekday()` and `now().isoweekday()`
 - `utcnow()` will be rendered as UTC time.