diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2b07147..ad23e9b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ line is unlikely to change using something like the following:
     # Outputs: 0
 
 Keep this in mind when creating allowed patterns to ensure that your allowed
-patterns are not inadvertantly matched due to the fact that the filename is
+patterns are not inadvertently matched due to the fact that the filename is
 included in the subject text that allowed patterns are matched against.
 
 
diff --git a/git-secrets.1 b/git-secrets.1
index d555829..a5482e8 100644
--- a/git-secrets.1
+++ b/git-secrets.1
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ git secrets \-\-scan /tmp/example && echo $?
 .UNINDENT
 .sp
 Keep this in mind when creating allowed patterns to ensure that your allowed
-patterns are not inadvertantly matched due to the fact that the filename is
+patterns are not inadvertently matched due to the fact that the filename is
 included in the subject text that allowed patterns are matched against.
 .SH SKIPPING VALIDATION
 .sp