diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c
index 391f175c42..0e943f38fe 100644
--- a/src/common/compat.c
+++ b/src/common/compat.c
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ get_user_homedir(const char *username)
  * them for purposes of finding the parent directory.
  *
  * Returns 0 if a parent directory was successfully found, -1 otherwise (fname
- * did not have any path separators or only had them ad the end).
+ * did not have any path separators or only had them at the end).
  * */
 int
 get_parent_directory(char *fname)
diff --git a/src/or/connection.c b/src/or/connection.c
index edcf966e75..6a3cc7bec4 100644
--- a/src/or/connection.c
+++ b/src/or/connection.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ check_location_for_unix_socket(const or_options_t *options, const char *path)
   cpd_check_t flags = CPD_CHECK_MODE_ONLY;
   if (get_parent_directory(p)<0 || p[0] != '/') {
     log_warn(LD_GENERAL, "Bad unix socket address '%s'.  Tor does not support "
-             "relative patchs for unix sockets.", path);
+             "relative paths for unix sockets.", path);
     goto done;
   }