diff --git a/VERSIONING.md b/VERSIONING.md
index 18779000ec..2c0f2f9b2d 100644
--- a/VERSIONING.md
+++ b/VERSIONING.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ exactly.
 
 [guidelines]: https://sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-release-tools/VERSIONING.md
 
-## Compatiblity and Release Support
+## Compatibility and Release Support
 
 For release branches, we generally tend to support backporting one (1)
 major release (`release-{X-1}` or `release-0.{Y-1}`), but may go back
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ further if the need arises and is very pressing (e.g. security updates).
 
 Note the [guidelines on dependency versions][dep-versions].  Particularly:
 
-- We **DO** guarantee Kubernetes REST API compability -- if a given
+- We **DO** guarantee Kubernetes REST API compatibility -- if a given
   version of controller-runtime stops working with what should be
   a supported version of Kubernetes, this is almost certainly a bug.
 
-- We **DO NOT** guarantee any particular compability matrix between
+- We **DO NOT** guarantee any particular compatibility matrix between
   kubernetes library dependencies (client-go, apimachinery, etc); Such
-  compability is infeasible due to the way those libraries are versioned.
+  compatibility is infeasible due to the way those libraries are versioned.
 
 [dep-versions]: https://sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-release-tools/VERSIONING.md#kubernetes-version-compatibility