diff --git a/LICENSE-dist.txt b/LICENSE-dist.txt
index 7260a68e..a144beaa 100644
--- a/LICENSE-dist.txt
+++ b/LICENSE-dist.txt
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WA
  * The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL.
  *
  * This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as
- * the following conditions are aheared to.  The following conditions
+ * the following conditions are adhered to.  The following conditions
  * apply to all code found in this distribution, be it the RC4, RSA,
  * lhash, DES, etc., code; not just the SSL code.  The SSL documentation
  * included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WA
  *    must display the following acknowledgement:
  *    "This product includes cryptographic software written by
  *     Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)"
- *    The word 'cryptographic' can be left out if the rouines from the library
+ *    The word 'cryptographic' can be left out if the routines from the library
  *    being used are not cryptographic related :-).
  * 4. If you include any Windows specific code (or a derivative thereof) from
  *    the apps directory (application code) you must include an acknowledgement:
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WA
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- * The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or
+ * The licence and distribution terms for any publicly available version or
  * derivative of this code cannot be changed.  i.e. this code cannot simply be
  * copied and put under another distribution licence
  * [including the GNU Public Licence.]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0359040..a3399f55 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Install [CMake](https://cmake.org/) (for some of Rack's dependencies).
 ### Windows
 
 Install [MSYS2](http://www.msys2.org/) and launch the mingw64 shell (not the default msys2 shell).
-Install build dependencies with the pacman package manger.
+Install build dependencies with the pacman package manager.
 
 	pacman -S git make tar unzip mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake autoconf automake mingw-w64-x86_64-libtool