diff --git a/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/align/index.md b/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/align/index.md
index 0c6caf2ef7666a4..eae51d553feb0e2 100644
--- a/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/align/index.md
+++ b/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/align/index.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The possible values are:
 
 ## Examples
 
-As {{htmlelement("td")}} elements of a column are not children of {{htmlelement("col")}}, you can't set it directly on a {{HTMLElement("col")}}, you need to select the cells using a `td:nth-child(n)` or similar (`n` is the column number). Then use CSS `text-align`.
+Use CSS `text-align`. As {{htmlelement("td")}} elements of a column are not children of {{htmlelement("col")}}, you can't set it directly on a {{HTMLElement("col")}}, you need to select the cells using a `td:nth-child(n)` or similar (`n` is the column number).
 
 An [example](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:nth-child#styling_a_table_column) is available on the {{cssxref(":nth-child()")}} page.
 
diff --git a/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/valign/index.md b/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/valign/index.md
index c6b34061179c419..c26a889317815dc 100644
--- a/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/valign/index.md
+++ b/files/en-us/web/api/htmltablecolelement/valign/index.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The possible values are: `"top"`, `"middle"`, `"bottom"`, or `"baseline"`
 
 ## Examples
 
-As {{htmlelement("td")}} elements of a column are not children of {{htmlelement("col")}}, you can't set it directly on a {{HTMLElement("col")}}, you need to select the cells using a `td:nth-child(n)` or similar (`n` is the column number). Then use CSS `vertical-align`.
+Use CSS `vertical-align`. As {{htmlelement("td")}} elements of a column are not children of {{htmlelement("col")}}, you can't set it directly on a {{HTMLElement("col")}}, you need to select the cells using a `td:nth-child(n)` or similar (`n` is the column number).
 
 An [example](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:nth-child#styling_a_table_column) is available on the {{cssxref(":nth-child()")}} page.