diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c31a116bc..977d7ad67 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ util-linux 2.13-pre4
 
 util-linux 2.13-pre3
 
-* misc buld system fixes
+* misc build system fixes
 * cfdisk: fix a segfault with ReiserFS partitions
 * umount: disallow -r option for non-root users
 * updated translations: da, fr, it, nl, ru, sl, tr
diff --git a/disk-utils/sfdisk.c b/disk-utils/sfdisk.c
index 3bda79cec..96b911e74 100644
--- a/disk-utils/sfdisk.c
+++ b/disk-utils/sfdisk.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct sfdisk {
 		     append : 1,	/* don't create new PT, append partitions only */
 		     json : 1,		/* JSON dump */
 		     movedata: 1,	/* move data after resize */
-		     movefsync: 1, /* use fsync() afetr each write() */
+		     movefsync: 1,	/* use fsync() after each write() */
 		     notell : 1,	/* don't tell kernel aout new PT */
 		     noact  : 1;	/* do not write to device */
 };
diff --git a/libmount/src/context.c b/libmount/src/context.c
index 47585b071..a6944ffe5 100644
--- a/libmount/src/context.c
+++ b/libmount/src/context.c
@@ -3116,7 +3116,7 @@ struct libmnt_ns *mnt_context_switch_ns(struct libmnt_context *cxt, struct libmn
 		return old;
 
 #ifdef USE_LIBMOUNT_SUPPORT_NAMESPACES
-	/* remember the curremt cache */
+	/* remember the current cache */
 	if (old->cache != cxt->cache) {
 		mnt_unref_cache(old->cache);
 		old->cache = cxt->cache;