diff --git a/board/sysam/amcore/amcore.c b/board/sysam/amcore/amcore.c
index b7217c56ec..77b5000de6 100644
--- a/board/sysam/amcore/amcore.c
+++ b/board/sysam/amcore/amcore.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ phys_size_t initdram(int board_type)
 	out_be32((u32 *)0x00000004, 0xbeaddeed);
 	/* issue AUTOREFRESH */
 	out_be32(&dc->dacr0, 0x0000b304);
-	/* let refresh occour */
+	/* let refresh occur */
 	fudelay(1);
 
 	out_be32(&dc->dacr0, 0x0000b344);
diff --git a/tools/mkimage.c b/tools/mkimage.c
index 3c594a0f3b..02f88bb983 100644
--- a/tools/mkimage.c
+++ b/tools/mkimage.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static void usage(const char *msg)
 		params.cmdname);
 	fprintf(stderr,
 		"       %s [-D dtc_options] [-f fit-image.its|-f auto|-F] [-b <dtb> [-b <dtb>]] fit-image\n"
-		"           <dtb> file is used with -f auto, it may occour multiple times.\n",
+		"           <dtb> file is used with -f auto, it may occur multiple times.\n",
 		params.cmdname);
 	fprintf(stderr,
 		"          -D => set all options for device tree compiler\n"