diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 038858cef..ce1c411f0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Security
    mbedtls_ssl_get_verify_result() would incorrectly return 0 when the peer's
    X.509 certificate chain had more than MBEDTLS_X509_MAX_INTERMEDIATE_CA
    (default: 8) intermediates, even when it was not trusted. Could be
-   trigerred remotely on both sides. (With auth_mode set to required
+   triggered remotely on both sides. (With auth_mode set to required
    (default), the handshake was correctly aborted.)
 
 Changes
diff --git a/tests/data_files/dir-maxpath/Readme.txt b/tests/data_files/dir-maxpath/Readme.txt
index 8ce043353..cb7c5ef26 100644
--- a/tests/data_files/dir-maxpath/Readme.txt
+++ b/tests/data_files/dir-maxpath/Readme.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-These certificates from a very long chain, used to test the
+These certificates form a very long chain, used to test the
 MBEDTLS_X509_MAX_INT_CA limit.
 
 NN.key is the private key of certificate NN.crt.