diff --git a/support/misc/utils.mk b/support/misc/utils.mk
index 4d0efcced0..5275006d6d 100644
--- a/support/misc/utils.mk
+++ b/support/misc/utils.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ SHARP_SIGN := \#
 # In other words, every letter is substituted one by one.
 #
 # The caseconvert-helper allows us to create this definition out of the
-# [FROM] and [TO] lists, so we don't need to write down every substition
+# [FROM] and [TO] lists, so we don't need to write down every substitution
 # manually. The uses of $ and $$ quoting are chosen in order to do as
 # much expansion as possible up-front.
 #
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ QUOTE = '
 # Once everything has been escaped, it is passed between single quotes
 # (that's why the single-quotes are escaped they way they are, above,
 # and why the dollar sign is not escaped) to printf(1). A trailing
-# newline is apended, too.
+# newline is appended, too.
 #
 # Note: leading or trailing spaces are *not* stripped.
 #