diff --git a/allocfail.sh b/allocfail.sh
index 6627927..f591c43 100755
--- a/allocfail.sh
+++ b/allocfail.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ while [ $i -le $allocs ]; do
 	exit 1
     fi
 
-    # The test-case would run too long if we would excercise all allocs.
+    # The test-case would run too long if we would exercise all allocs.
     # So, run with step 1 initially, and increase the step once we have 10
     # subsequent passes, and drop back to step 1 once we encounter another
     # failure.  This takes ~2.6 seconds on an i7-6600U CPU @ 2.60GHz.
diff --git a/elf.c b/elf.c
index 46607f6..5aee4af 100644
--- a/elf.c
+++ b/elf.c
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ elf_fetch_bits (const unsigned char **ppin, const unsigned char *pinend,
   return 1;
 }
 
-/* This is like elf_fetch_bits, but it fetchs the bits backward, and ensures at
+/* This is like elf_fetch_bits, but it fetches the bits backward, and ensures at
    least 16 bits.  This is for zstd.  */
 
 static int