diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 09ee1ca927044344d943ff9f042e0b75b04f6dcc..0d3f7dc4bf3343eb57c2db923023cb87df453f6b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Please include the following with each issue:
 
 * What you expected to see, versus what you actually saw
 
-* Images, animations, or a link to a video showing the issue occuring
+* Images, animations, or a link to a video showing the issue occurring
 
 * A code snippet that demonstrates the issue or a link to a code repository the developers can easily pull down to recreate the issue locally
 
diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/scrollable.ts b/src/vs/base/common/scrollable.ts
index b943ced6ab1a63b1fda77fa3f55a92caa74ed109..23437967a6e625971dc5e2a6f4b5894d16cc3a09 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/scrollable.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/scrollable.ts
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ export class Scrollable extends Disposable {
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the final scroll position that the instance will have once the smooth scroll animation concludes.
-	 * If no scroll animation is occuring, it will return the current scroll position instead.
+	 * If no scroll animation is occurring, it will return the current scroll position instead.
 	 */
 	public getFutureScrollPosition(): IScrollPosition {
 		if (this._smoothScrolling) {