diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ba4a1f0..1d69890 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ If you find any typos, errors, or have an better example. Just raise a new issue
 
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-These idioms list here are trying to satisfiy following goals:
+These idioms list here are trying to satisfy following goals:
 
 [![GOALS](/images/Goals.png)](https://speakerdeck.com/sferik/writing-fast-ruby?slide=11)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4436842..534ac88 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ using an if statement:  8123851.3 i/s
   String#constantize:  2462371.2 i/s - 3.30x  (± 0.00) slower
 ```
 
-##### `raise` vs `E2MM#Raise` for raising (and defining) exeptions  [code](code/general/raise-vs-e2mmap.rb)
+##### `raise` vs `E2MM#Raise` for raising (and defining) exceptions  [code](code/general/raise-vs-e2mmap.rb)
 
 Ruby's [Exception2MessageMapper module](http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.2.0/libdoc/e2mmap/rdoc/index.html) allows one to define and raise exceptions with predefined messages.