diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e75a8f1..3a47363 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ are used to control credential behavior from the command-line app.
 
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-Using the Comand Line Application
+Using the Command Line Application
 =================================
 
 The library includes an application, ``search_tweets.py``, that provides
diff --git a/build_sphinx_docs.sh b/build_sphinx_docs.sh
index 8cce292..7e85335 100644
--- a/build_sphinx_docs.sh
+++ b/build_sphinx_docs.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ echo "Building documentation from $BRANCH_NAME"
 echo "checking out gh-pages"
 if ! git checkout gh-pages
 then
-  echo >&2 "checkout of gh-pages branch failed; please ensure you have local changes commited prior to running this script "
+  echo >&2 "checkout of gh-pages branch failed; please ensure you have local changes committed prior to running this script "
   echo "exiting"
   exit 1
 fi