diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 0a2c4bcf179e21d321b25206718cb58aad722b54..7a7acd9a54f5ec16d7603adcc1a0439fe3d2d4e4 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ config NUMA_BALANCING_DEFAULT_ENABLED
 	default y
 	depends on NUMA_BALANCING
 	help
-	  If set, autonumic NUMA balancing will be enabled if running on a NUMA
+	  If set, automatic NUMA balancing will be enabled if running on a NUMA
 	  machine.
 
 config NUMA_BALANCING
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ config NUMA_BALANCING
 	help
 	  This option adds support for automatic NUMA aware memory/task placement.
 	  The mechanism is quite primitive and is based on migrating memory when
-	  it is references to the node the task is running on.
+	  it has references to the node the task is running on.
 
 	  This system will be inactive on UMA systems.