diff --git a/cookbook/stepback-qa.ipynb b/cookbook/stepback-qa.ipynb
index e142996a8f5..a77e2d56528 100644
--- a/cookbook/stepback-qa.ipynb
+++ b/cookbook/stepback-qa.ipynb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "\n",
     "Read the paper [here](https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06117)\n",
     "\n",
-    "See an excelent blog post on this by Cobus Greyling [here](https://cobusgreyling.medium.com/a-new-prompt-engineering-technique-has-been-introduced-called-step-back-prompting-b00e8954cacb)\n",
+    "See an excellent blog post on this by Cobus Greyling [here](https://cobusgreyling.medium.com/a-new-prompt-engineering-technique-has-been-introduced-called-step-back-prompting-b00e8954cacb)\n",
     "\n",
     "In this cookbook we will replicate this technique. We modify the prompts used slightly to work better with chat models."
    ]
diff --git a/docs/docs/use_cases/question_answering/local_retrieval_qa.ipynb b/docs/docs/use_cases/question_answering/local_retrieval_qa.ipynb
index f2139ff696a..92834808d29 100644
--- a/docs/docs/use_cases/question_answering/local_retrieval_qa.ipynb
+++ b/docs/docs/use_cases/question_answering/local_retrieval_qa.ipynb
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
    "source": [
     "To enable use of GPU on Apple Silicon, follow the steps [here](https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python/blob/main/docs/install/macos.md) to use the Python binding `with Metal support`.\n",
     "\n",
-    "In particular, ensure that `conda` is using the correct virtual enviorment that you created (`miniforge3`).\n",
+    "In particular, ensure that `conda` is using the correct virtual environment that you created (`miniforge3`).\n",
     "\n",
     "E.g., for me:\n",
     "\n",