diff --git a/avocado/utils/filelock.py b/avocado/utils/filelock.py
index 238e6af25514c47238c6606fd5a5defc4d3f8c61..209e87e2d3090e27885dfa12c97d2a0cd7f430ef 100644
--- a/avocado/utils/filelock.py
+++ b/avocado/utils/filelock.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class FileLock(object):
 
     """
     Creates an exclusive advisory lock for a file.
-    All processes should would use and honour the advisory
+    All processes should use and honor the advisory
     locking scheme, but uncooperative processes are free to
     ignore the lock and access the file in any way they choose.
     """
diff --git a/spell.ignore b/spell.ignore
index 400fa43b48fcc6ef290a757d3c610d50c7b196fa..3546f6ce5ea60cf1fb1d87e6474672c65a60c991 100644
--- a/spell.ignore
+++ b/spell.ignore
@@ -396,3 +396,4 @@ dkrcmd
 flexmock
 lockfile
 urlparse
+cpus