diff --git a/doc/contributors.rdoc b/doc/contributors.rdoc
index 6a97addaf4..7c3722032b 100644
--- a/doc/contributors.rdoc
+++ b/doc/contributors.rdoc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Christoph
 * patches for set.rb
 
 Sean Chittenden
-* pathces for net/http, cgi
+* patches for net/http, cgi
 
 William D. Clinger
 * ruby_strtod is based on his paper.
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Martin Duerst (duerst)
 * M17N
 
 Paul Duncan
-* pathces for rdoc
+* patches for rdoc
 
 Alexander Dymo
 * a patch for lib/benchmark.rb
diff --git a/doc/syntax/refinements.rdoc b/doc/syntax/refinements.rdoc
index a9c1d9edf9..3f97e6b051 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/refinements.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/refinements.rdoc
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This behavior may be changed in the future.
 
 When a module X is included into a module Y, Y inherits refinements from X.
 
-For exmaple, C inherits refinements from A and B in the following code:
+For example, C inherits refinements from A and B in the following code:
 
   module A
     refine X do ... end