diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f8d9bc0e..2151f85f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 export GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org
 
-# On some plaforms (eg. macOS, FreeBSD) gpgme is installed in /usr/local/ but /usr/local/include/ is
+# On some platforms (eg. macOS, FreeBSD) gpgme is installed in /usr/local/ but /usr/local/include/ is
 # not in the default search path. Rather than hard-code this directory, use gpgme-config.
 # Sadly that must be done at the top-level user instead of locally in the gpgme subpackage, because cgo
 # supports only pkg-config, not general shell scripts, and gpgme does not install a pkg-config file.
diff --git a/hack/make.sh b/hack/make.sh
index ed819e5f..3510106e 100755
--- a/hack/make.sh
+++ b/hack/make.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if [[ "$SKOPEO_CONTAINER_TESTS" == "0" ]] && [[ "$CI" != "true" ]]; then
     (
     echo "***************************************************************"
     echo "WARNING: Executing tests directly on the local development"
-    echo "         host is highly discourraged.  Many important items"
+    echo "         host is highly discouraged.  Many important items"
     echo "         will be skipped.  For manual execution, please utilize"
     echo "         the Makefile targets WITHOUT the '-local' suffix."
     echo "***************************************************************"