diff --git a/releng/README b/releng/README
index 70f2f6ee..a63c4ebb 100644
--- a/releng/README
+++ b/releng/README
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ the user or require sysadmin considerations before they are run:
   If no option --dev is given, then the user gets asked which of the listed
   drives to examine more closely.
   If a privilege command and optional arguments are given with --priv_cmd,
-  then this command and arguments are used to laynch the xorriso runs.
+  then this command and arguments are used to launch the xorriso runs.
   Command and arguments must be single words and be submitted alltogether
   as one single argument. On Solaris use: --priv_cmd pfexec
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Known to be suitable are the following shells
 The script does not choose an interpreter explicitely and is safe to be run
 inline:
   . ./change_shell_to_use
-One may set any interpreter path by runnung a sub shell and changing its
+One may set any interpreter path by running a sub shell and changing its
 variable SHELL. E.g. by:
   ( SHELL=/bin/my_shell" ; . ./change_shell_to_use )