diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 47072cd..50eb49b 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Use QtCreator to build `./src/kristall.pro` with default settings.
     - `qt5_tools`
     - `libiconv_devel`
     - `openssl_devel` (should be preinstalled)
-2. Use `make` to build th executable
+2. Use `make` to build the executable
 
 ## Manual Installation
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85976be..eda243e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ See [BUILDING.md](BUILDING.md)
 ## Credits
 
 - Thanks to [James Tomasino](https://tomasino.org) for helping out with understanding gopher
-- Thanks to [Vane Vander](https://mayvaneday.art/) for providin the Haiku build instructions
+- Thanks to [Vane Vander](https://mayvaneday.art/) for providing the Haiku build instructions
 - Thanks to James Tomasino, styan and tiwesdaeg for improving the `Makefile`
 - Thanks to [Alex Naskos](https://github.com/alexnask) for providing windows build instructions
 - Thanks to tiwesdaeg for improving the application icon