diff --git a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/basic-javascript.json b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/basic-javascript.json
index 00602d2265..bc5999a515 100644
--- a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/basic-javascript.json
+++ b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/basic-javascript.json
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@
       "id": "56533eb9ac21ba0edf2244bb",
       "title": "Word Blanks",
       "description": [
-        "We will now use our knowledge of strings to build a \"<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Libs' target='_blank'>Mad Libs</a>\" style word game we're calling \"Word Blanks\". You will create an (optionally humorous) \"Fill in the Blanks\" style sentence. Here's an example incomplete sentence.",
+        "We will now use our knowledge of strings to build a \"<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Libs' target='_blank'>Mad Libs</a>\" style word game we're calling \"Word Blanks\". You will create an (optionally humorous) \"Fill in the Blanks\" style sentence. Here's an example of an incomplete sentence.",
         "<code>\"The ______ ______ looked around ______ then ______ into the house\"</code>",
         "These four blanks would be filled in this order: (adjective) (noun) (adverb) (verb)",
         "You will need to use string concatenation to build a new string, <code>result</code>, using the variables <code>myNoun</code>, <code>myAdjective</code>, <code>myVerb</code>, and <code>myAdverb</code>. These variables are passed to the function as parameters. Don't change these parameter names in the function.",
diff --git a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/html5-and-css.json b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/html5-and-css.json
index f136bff8e1..39c638458a 100644
--- a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/html5-and-css.json
+++ b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/html5-and-css.json
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@
         "<p class=\"red-text\">Purr jump eat the grass rip the couch scratched sunbathe, shed everywhere rip the couch sleep in the sink fluffy fur catnip scratched.</p>"
       ],
       "tests": [
-        "assert($(\"a\").attr(\"href\") === \"#\", 'message: Your <code>a</code> element should be a dead link with the value of <code>href</code> attribute set to \"#\".');"
+        "assert($(\"a\").attr(\"href\") === \"#\", 'message: Your <code>a</code> element should be a dead link with the value of the <code>href</code> attribute set to \"#\".');"
       ],
       "type": "waypoint",
       "challengeType": 0,