diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
index 8d614fe236..aa962c4e5d 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/utils.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ def explode_dep_versions(s):
     """
     Take an RDEPENDS style string of format:
     "DEPEND1 (optional version) DEPEND2 (optional version) ..."
-    skip null value and items appeared in dependancy string multiple times
+    skip null value and items appeared in dependency string multiple times
     and return a dictionary of dependencies and versions.
     """
     r = explode_dep_versions2(s)
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def _print_exception(t, value, tb, realfile, text, context):
 
         error.append("Exception: %s" % ''.join(exception))
 
-        # If the exception is from spwaning a task, let's be helpful and display
+        # If the exception is from spawning a task, let's be helpful and display
         # the output (which hopefully includes stderr).
         if isinstance(value, subprocess.CalledProcessError) and value.output:
             error.append("Subprocess output:")