diff --git a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb
index 2f3e8c5e..c721bb35 100644
--- a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb
+++ b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.ipynb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
     "## Boundary conditions\n",
-    "As we would like to clamp the boundary at $x=0$, we do this by using a marker function, which locate the facets where $x$ is close to zero by machine precision."
+    "As we would like to clamp the boundary at $x=0$, we do this by using a marker function, which locates the facets where $x$ is close to zero by machine precision."
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py
index 816d171d..ea26f96c 100644
--- a/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py
+++ b/chapter2/linearelasticity_code.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #       extension: .py
 #       format_name: light
 #       format_version: '1.5'
-#       jupytext_version: 1.16.5
+#       jupytext_version: 1.16.6
 #   kernelspec:
 #     display_name: Python 3 (ipykernel)
 #     language: python
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 
 # ## Boundary conditions
-# As we would like to clamp the boundary at $x=0$, we do this by using a marker function, which locate the facets where $x$ is close to zero by machine precision.
+# As we would like to clamp the boundary at $x=0$, we do this by using a marker function, which locates the facets where $x$ is close to zero by machine precision.
 
 # +
 def clamped_boundary(x):