diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c4d3a7c7..31d05daf 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ComponentVector{Float64,SubArray...}(c = (a = 2.0, b = [6.0, 30.0]), a = 5.0)
 - Calling `axes` on a `ComponentArray` returns a new `CombinedAxis` type!
   - Doing things The Right Way™!
   - No more complicated and error-prone custom broadcasting machinery!
-  - No more wierd special cases!
+  - No more weird special cases!
 ### v0.10.0
 - All indexing now slices rather than sometimes viewing and sometimes slicing!
 - Property access methods (i.e. "dot-access") still use views!
diff --git a/test/autodiff_tests.jl b/test/autodiff_tests.jl
index 2f65b070..6004524d 100644
--- a/test/autodiff_tests.jl
+++ b/test/autodiff_tests.jl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ end
 
 
 # # This is commented out because the gradient operation itself is broken due to Zygote's inability
-# # to support mutation and ComponentArray's use of mutation for contstuction from a NamedTuple.
+# # to support mutation and ComponentArray's use of mutation for construction from a NamedTuple.
 # # It would be nice to support this eventually, so I'll just leave this commented (because @test_broken
 # # wouldn't work here because the error happens before the test)
 # @testset "Issues" begin