diff --git a/libavcodec/shorten.c b/libavcodec/shorten.c
index b03985a48c..7aa656afcc 100644
--- a/libavcodec/shorten.c
+++ b/libavcodec/shorten.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int shorten_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
             s->lpcqoffset = V2LPCQOFFSET;
 
         if (get_ur_golomb_shorten(&s->gb, FNSIZE) != FN_VERBATIM) {
-            av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "missing verbatim section at begining of stream\n");
+            av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "missing verbatim section at beginning of stream\n");
             return -1;
         }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/asf.h b/libavformat/asf.h
index b71483ea13..2486d8a6fa 100644
--- a/libavformat/asf.h
+++ b/libavformat/asf.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ typedef struct {
     uint8_t packet_buf[PACKET_SIZE];
     ByteIOContext pb;
     /* only for reading */
-    uint64_t data_offset;                ///< begining of the first data packet
+    uint64_t data_offset;                ///< beginning of the first data packet
     uint64_t data_object_offset;         ///< data object offset (excl. GUID & size)
     uint64_t data_object_size;           ///< size of the data object
     int index_read;