diff --git a/basis/bootstrap/compiler/compiler.factor b/basis/bootstrap/compiler/compiler.factor
index 7156c2d416..e3df913371 100644
--- a/basis/bootstrap/compiler/compiler.factor
+++ b/basis/bootstrap/compiler/compiler.factor
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ gc
     ! Compile a set of words ahead of the full compile.
     ! This set of words was determined semi-empirically
     ! using the profiler. It improves bootstrap time
-    ! significantly, because frequenly called words
+    ! significantly, because frequently called words
     ! which are also quick to compile are replaced by
     ! compiled definitions as soon as possible.
     {
diff --git a/core/init/init-docs.factor b/core/init/init-docs.factor
index 0382c38dff..760cb1e693 100644
--- a/core/init/init-docs.factor
+++ b/core/init/init-docs.factor
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ USING: help.markup help.syntax quotations strings ;
 IN: init
 
 HELP: boot
-{ $description "Called on startup as part of the boot quotation  to initialize the runtime and prepare it for running user code." } ;
+{ $description "Called on startup as part of the boot quotation to initialize the runtime and prepare it for running user code." } ;
 
 { boot startup-quot set-startup-quot } related-words