diff --git a/doc_src/fish_for_bash_users.rst b/doc_src/fish_for_bash_users.rst
index c462c7f2c..1a5fbb1e5 100644
--- a/doc_src/fish_for_bash_users.rst
+++ b/doc_src/fish_for_bash_users.rst
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ See :ref:`Shell variables <variables>` for more.
 
 .. [#] zsh also does not perform word splitting by default (the SH_WORD_SPLIT option controls this)
 
+.. _bash-globs:
+
 Wildcards (globs)
 -----------------
 
@@ -221,16 +223,22 @@ Fish does not have ``$((i+1))`` arithmetic expansion, computation is handled by
 
   math $i + 1
 
-It can handle floating point numbers::
+Unlike bash's arithmetic, it can handle floating point numbers::
 
   > math 5 / 2
   2.5
 
-And also hase some functions, like for trigonometry::
+And also has some functions, like for trigonometry::
 
   > math cos 2 x pi
   1
 
+You can pass arguments to ``math`` separately like above or in quotes. Because fish uses ``()`` parentheses for :ref:`command substitutions <bash-command-substitutions>`, quoting is needed if you want to use them in your expression::
+
+  > math '(5 + 2) * 4'
+
+Both ``*`` and ``x`` are valid ways to spell multiplication, but ``*`` needs to be quoted because it looks like a :ref:`glob <bash-globs>`.
+
 Prompts
 -------
 
diff --git a/doc_src/language.rst b/doc_src/language.rst
index f37dd1414..decbcbd3d 100644
--- a/doc_src/language.rst
+++ b/doc_src/language.rst
@@ -564,8 +564,8 @@ That means quoting isn't the absolute necessity it is in other shells. Most of t
 
 .. [#] Unlike bash or zsh, which will join with the first character of $IFS (which usually is space).
 
-Derefencing variables
-'''''''''''''''''''''
+Dereferencing variables
+'''''''''''''''''''''''
 
 The ``$`` symbol can also be used multiple times, as a kind of "dereference" operator (the ``*`` in C or C++), like in the following code::