diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 432f027..cda662f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Parson is a lighweight [json](http://json.org) library written in C.
 * Full JSON support
 * Lightweight (only 2 files)
 * Simple API
-* Addressing json values with dot notation (similiar to C structs or objects in most OO languages, e.g. "objectA.objectB.value")
+* Addressing json values with dot notation (similar to C structs or objects in most OO languages, e.g. "objectA.objectB.value")
 * C89 compatible
 * Test suites
 
diff --git a/tests.c b/tests.c
index aec8780..153f479 100644
--- a/tests.c
+++ b/tests.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void test_suite_2(JSON_Value *value); /* Test correctness of parsed values */
 void test_suite_2_no_comments(void);
 void test_suite_2_with_comments(void);
 void test_suite_3(void); /* Test parsing valid and invalid strings */
-void test_suite_4(void); /* Test deep copy funtion */
+void test_suite_4(void); /* Test deep copy function */
 void test_suite_5(void); /* Test building json values from scratch */
 void test_suite_6(void); /* Test value comparing verification */
 void test_suite_7(void); /* Test schema validation */