diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index f51c56bf92d384ace98e580c510842bd7eab9871..d7ce34b33d67c38245e77b7082d80f350e4f7eb7 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ static void git_config_raw(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 		 * something went really wrong and we should stop
 		 * immediately.
 		 */
-		die(_("unknown error occured while reading the configuration files"));
+		die(_("unknown error occurred while reading the configuration files"));
 }
 
 static void configset_iter(struct config_set *cs, config_fn_t fn, void *data)
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 9230d4714205f810c7c749559a20e1379197043b..56089d57247c5a22a782848ee622871446c07089 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf *err);
  *     msg -- a message describing the change (for the reflog).
  *
  *     err -- a strbuf for receiving a description of any error that
- *         might have occured.
+ *         might have occurred.
  *
  * The functions make internal copies of refname and msg, so the
  * caller retains ownership of these parameters.