diff --git a/.changeset/nice-jars-pull.md b/.changeset/nice-jars-pull.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fde3a41626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nice-jars-pull.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-import': patch
+---
+
+Fixes a typo and minor wording changes to the catalog import UI
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/ImportStepper/defaults.tsx b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/ImportStepper/defaults.tsx
index 354ff6974f..a8c9b41abb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/ImportStepper/defaults.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/ImportStepper/defaults.tsx
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export function defaultGenerateStepper(
                       }
                     />
                     <FormHelperText>
-                      WARNING: This may fail is no CODEOWNERS file is found at
+                      WARNING: This may fail if no CODEOWNERS file is found at
                       the target location.
                     </FormHelperText>
                   </>
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.tsx b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.tsx
index c34d5f374b..d1f8be7065 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest/StepPrepareCreatePullRequest.tsx
@@ -176,10 +176,9 @@ export const StepPrepareCreatePullRequest = ({
   return (
     <>
       <Typography>
-        You entered a link to a {analyzeResult.integrationType} repository but
-        we didn't found a <code>catalog-info.yaml</code>. Use this form to
-        create a Pull Request that creates an initial{' '}
-        <code>catalog-info.yaml</code>.
+        You entered a link to a {analyzeResult.integrationType} repository but a{' '}
+        <code>catalog-info.yaml</code> could not be found. Use this form to open
+        a Pull Request that creates one.
       </Typography>
 
       <PreparePullRequestForm<FormData>