Tor Arntsen fixed a spelling error
diff --git a/buildconf b/buildconf
index 5c9e0fa..a1c7f42 100755
--- a/buildconf
+++ b/buildconf
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   echo "buildconf: automake version $am_version found."
   echo "            You need automake version $need_automake or newer installed."
   echo "            If you have a sufficient automake installed, but it"
-  echo "            is not named 'autommake', then try setting the"
+  echo "            is not named 'automake', then try setting the"
   echo "            AUTOMAKE environment variable."
   exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/testcurl.sh b/testcurl.sh
index 8fe9a6d..ca8118e 100755
--- a/testcurl.sh
+++ b/testcurl.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$desc" ]; then
-  echo "please enter a one line system desrciption"
+  echo "please enter a one line system description"
   read desc
   fixed="3"
 fi