diff --git a/language/golang/run-containers.md b/language/golang/run-containers.md
index 7be3e27147..e4e04844b7 100644
--- a/language/golang/run-containers.md
+++ b/language/golang/run-containers.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $ curl http://localhost:8080/
 curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 8080: Connection refused
 ```
 
-Our curl command failed because the connection to our server was refused. Meaning that we were not able to connect to localhost on port 8080. This is expected because our container is run in isolation which includes networking. Let’s stop the container and restart with port 8080 published on our local network.
+Our curl command failed because the connection to our server was refused. Meaning that we were not able to connect to localhost on port 8080. This is expected because our container is running in isolation which includes networking. Let’s stop the container and restart with port 8080 published on our local network.
 
 To stop the container, press ctrl-c. This will return you to the terminal prompt.
 
diff --git a/language/java/run-containers.md b/language/java/run-containers.md
index 073bb6430b..ed019ec2e0 100644
--- a/language/java/run-containers.md
+++ b/language/java/run-containers.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $ curl --request GET \
 curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 8080: Connection refused
 ```
 
-As you can see, our `curl` command failed because the connection to our server was refused. This means, we were not able to connect to the localhost on port 8080. This is expected because our container is run in isolation which includes networking. Let’s stop the container and restart with port 8080 published on our local network.
+As you can see, our `curl` command failed because the connection to our server was refused. This means, we were not able to connect to the localhost on port 8080. This is expected because our container is running in isolation which includes networking. Let’s stop the container and restart with port 8080 published on our local network.
 
 To stop the container, press `ctrl-c`. This will return you to the terminal prompt.
 
diff --git a/language/nodejs/run-containers.md b/language/nodejs/run-containers.md
index 46b3c0dcfc..d642f5f776 100644
--- a/language/nodejs/run-containers.md
+++ b/language/nodejs/run-containers.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ $ curl --request POST \
 curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 8000: Connection refused
 ```
 
-Our curl command failed because the connection to our server was refused. Meaning that we were not able to connect to localhost on port 8000. This is expected because our container is run in isolation which includes networking. Let’s stop the container and restart with port 8000 published on our local network.
+Our curl command failed because the connection to our server was refused. Meaning that we were not able to connect to localhost on port 8000. This is expected because our container is running in isolation which includes networking. Let’s stop the container and restart with port 8000 published on our local network.
 
 To stop the container, press ctrl-c. This will return you to the terminal prompt.