diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index f3fcf14ccd..a63943e0c6 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@
         <title>Using x32 Right Now</title>
 
         <para>
-            Despite the fact the x32 psABI support is in developement state for this release of the 
+            Despite the fact the x32 psABI support is in development state for this release of the
             Yocto Project, you can follow these steps to use the x32 spABI:
             <itemizedlist>
                 <listitem><para>Add the <filename>experimental/meta-x32</filename> layer to your local
diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
index c80b080cc8..914a0f5771 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
          if fatal_error:
              bb.fatal("fatal_error detected, unable to print the task list")
          bb.plain("The tasks present are abc")
-         bb.debug(2, "Finished figureing out the tasklist")
+         bb.debug(2, "Finished figuring out the tasklist")
      }
                 </literallayout>
             </para>