diff --git a/hledger/CHANGES.md b/hledger/CHANGES.md
index 53de0efcc..a1a09d278 100644
--- a/hledger/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger/CHANGES.md
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ Miscellaneous:
     On non-windows systems, we now build with terminfo support by
     default, useful for detecting terminal width and other things.
 
-    This requires the C curses dev libaries, which makes POSIX
+    This requires the C curses dev libraries, which makes POSIX
     installation slightly harder; if it causes problems you can
     disable terminfo support with the new `curses` cabal flag, eg:
     cabal install -f-curses ... (or cabal might try this
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs
index 3377b8dca..2b96529d1 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ With @-E/--empty@:
 /What to show in empty cells/
 
 An empty periodic balance report cell is one which has no corresponding postings.
-An empty cumulative/historical balance report cell is one which has no correponding
+An empty cumulative/historical balance report cell is one which has no corresponding
 or prior postings, ie the account doesn't exist yet.
 Currently, empty cells show 0.