diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/critsect.tex b/docs/latex/wx/critsect.tex
index 2451e97d04..545954a1d8 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/critsect.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/critsect.tex
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 \section{\class{wxCriticalSection}}\label{wxcriticalsection}
 
-A critical section object is used for the same exactly purpose as 
+A critical section object is used for exactly the same purpose as 
 \helpref{mutexes}{wxmutex}. The only difference is that under Windows platform
 critical sections are only visible inside one process, while mutexes may be
 shared between processes, so using critical sections is slightly more
diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex b/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex
index b5626089db..b382f3af7d 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/menu.tex
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ Adds a string item to the end of the menu.
 \func{void}{Append}{\param{int}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{ item}, \param{wxMenu *}{subMenu},\rtfsp
 \param{const wxString\& }{helpString = ""}}
 
-Adds a pull-right submenu to the end of the menu.
+Adds a pull-right submenu to the end of the menu. Append the submenu to the parent
+menu {\it after} you have added your menu items, or accelerators may not be
+registered properly.
 
 \func{void}{Append}{\param{wxMenuItem*}{ menuItem}}