diff --git a/README.cares b/README.cares
index a879f975..bd4a03f2 100644
--- a/README.cares
+++ b/README.cares
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ c-ares is not API compatible with ares: a new name makes that more obvious to
 the public.
 
 The full source code is available in the 'c-ares' release archives, and in the
-'ares' subdir of the curl CVS source repostitory.
+'ares' subdir of the curl CVS source repository.
 
 If you find bugs, correct flaws, have questions or have comments in general in
 regard to c-ares (or by all means the original ares too), get in touch with us
diff --git a/ares_init.3 b/ares_init.3
index 428cb03c..05fa5981 100644
--- a/ares_init.3
+++ b/ares_init.3
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ recursion for you.  Recursion must be handled by the application calling ares
 if \fIARES_FLAG_NORECURSE\fP is set.
 .TP 23
 .B ARES_FLAG_STAYOPEN
-Do not close communciations sockets when the number of active queries
+Do not close communications sockets when the number of active queries
 drops to zero.
 .TP 23
 .B ARES_FLAG_NOSEARCH