diff --git a/CONVENTIONS b/CONVENTIONS
index f6c2eec65a..f6b37fefe7 100644
--- a/CONVENTIONS
+++ b/CONVENTIONS
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Playbook naming
 ===============
 The top level playbooks directory should contain: 
 
-* Playbooks that are generic and used by serveral groups/hosts playbooks
+* Playbooks that are generic and used by several groups/hosts playbooks
 * Playbooks used for utility purposes from command line
 * Groups and Hosts subdirs. 
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ We would like to get ansible running over hosts in an automated way.
 A git hook could do this. 
 
 * On commit:
-	If we have a way to detemine exactly what hosts are affected by a 
+	If we have a way to determine exactly what hosts are affected by a 
         change we could simply run only on those hosts. 
 
         We might want a short delay (10m) to allow someone to see a problem