diff --git a/crypto/bytestring/ber.c b/crypto/bytestring/ber.c
index e3b150c..9e8daaa 100644
--- a/crypto/bytestring/ber.c
+++ b/crypto/bytestring/ber.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         char squash_child_headers = is_primitive_type(tag);
 
         /* This is a hack, but it sufficies to handle NSS's output. If we find
-         * an indefinite length, context-specific tag with a definite, primtive
+         * an indefinite length, context-specific tag with a definite, primitive
          * tag inside it, then we assume that the context-specific tag is
          * implicit and the tags within are fragments of a primitive type that
          * need to be concatenated. */
diff --git a/include/openssl/aead.h b/include/openssl/aead.h
index f719f02..aa2b080 100644
--- a/include/openssl/aead.h
+++ b/include/openssl/aead.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 /* Authenticated Encryption with Additional Data.
  *
- * AEAD couples confidentiality and integrity in a single primtive. AEAD
+ * AEAD couples confidentiality and integrity in a single primitive. AEAD
  * algorithms take a key and then can seal and open individual messages. Each
  * message has a unique, per-message nonce and, optionally, additional data
  * which is authenticated but not included in the ciphertext.