2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/distclean b/tools/distclean
index 961cc801..1ddc7532 100755
--- a/tools/distclean
+++ b/tools/distclean
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ find . -type f -name Makefile.in -print| xargs rm -f
 rm -f aclocal.m4 compile config.guess config.h.in config.sub configure depcomp
 rm -f m4/Makefile.am
 
-echo "$0: Removing miscelanious files..."
+echo "$0: Removing miscellaneous files..."
 rm -f po/*.gmo po/stamp-po
 rm -f lib/tests/*.Po
 rm -f doc/developer-guidelines.html
diff --git a/tools/p1.pl b/tools/p1.pl
index 9cbe6dc0..ea80c334 100644
--- a/tools/p1.pl
+++ b/tools/p1.pl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use IO::File;
 
 sub TIEHANDLE {
         my ($class, $fn) = @_;
-        my $handle = new IO::File "> $fn" or die "Cannot open embedded work filei $!\n";
+        my $handle = new IO::File "> $fn" or die "Cannot open embedded work file $!\n";
         bless { FH => $handle, Value => 0}, $class;
 }