diff --git a/merge-ort.c b/merge-ort.c
index e9d01ac7f7..474ba15c01 100644
--- a/merge-ort.c
+++ b/merge-ort.c
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ static void collect_rename_info(struct merge_options *opt,
 	 * Update dir_rename_mask (determines ignore-rename-source validity)
 	 *
 	 * dir_rename_mask helps us keep track of when directory rename
-	 * detection may be relevant.  Basically, whenver a directory is
+	 * detection may be relevant.  Basically, whenever a directory is
 	 * removed on one side of history, and a file is added to that
 	 * directory on the other side of history, directory rename
 	 * detection is relevant (meaning we have to detect renames for all
@@ -3836,7 +3836,7 @@ static int write_completed_directory(struct merge_options *opt,
 	 *     	   src/moduleB  2
 	 *
 	 *     which is used to know that xtract.c & token.txt are from the
-	 *     toplevel dirctory, while umm.c & stuff.h & baz.c are from the
+	 *     toplevel directory, while umm.c & stuff.h & baz.c are from the
 	 *     src/moduleB directory.  Again, following the example above,
 	 *     once we need to process src/moduleB, then info->offsets is
 	 *     updated to