diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8cbe057..093bf8b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Change Log
 0.3.4 - 2019-03-26
 ------------------
 * Fix ``WindowsError`` not defined on POSIX systems (#90)
-* Add support for blacklisting custom metatdata fields (#92, @casperdcl)
+* Add support for blacklisting custom metadata fields (#92, @casperdcl)
 
 0.3.3 - 2018-08-04
 ------------------
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Change Log
 
 0.1.0 - not released
 --------------------
-* Based on Min RK's orginal but supports multiple versions of
+* Based on Min RK's original but supports multiple versions of
   IPython/Jupyter and also strips the execution count.
 * Add install option that fails sensibly if not in a git repository,
   does not clobber an existing attributes file and checks for an
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index aa37b26..c2e249a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ Using ``nbstripout`` as a pre-commit hook
 
 `pre-commit`_ is a framework for managing git `pre-commit hooks`_.
 
-Once you have `pre-commit`_ installed, add the follwong to the
+Once you have `pre-commit`_ installed, add the following to the
 ``.pre-commit-config.yaml`` in your repository: ::
 
     repos:
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ Certain Git workflows are not well supported by `nbstripout`:
   `nbstripout` filter do still cause conflicts when attempting to sync upstream
   changes (`git pull`, `git merge` etc.). This is because Git has no way of
   resolving a conflict caused by a non-stripped local file being merged with a
-  stripped upstream file. Adressing this issue is out of scope for `nbstripout`.
+  stripped upstream file. Addressing this issue is out of scope for `nbstripout`.
   Read more and find workarounds in `#108`_.
 
 .. _#108: https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout/issues/108