diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index a1ce2137f..4eee111f9 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Stuart Parmenter <pavlov@pavlov.net> Original GDI+ backend, win32 fixes
 Christof Petig <christof@petig-baender.de> Build fixes related to freetype
 David Reveman <davidr@novell.com> New pattern API, glitz backend
 Calum Robinson <calumr@mac.com> Quartz backend
-Tim Rowley <tim.rowley@gmail.com> Quartz/ATSUI fixes, X server worakrounds, win32 glyph path support
+Tim Rowley <tim.rowley@gmail.com> Quartz/ATSUI fixes, X server workarounds, win32 glyph path support
 Jamey Sharp <jamey@minilop.net> Surface/font backend virtualization, XCB backend
 Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@users.sf.net> Build fixes and bug fixes
 Travis Spencer <tspencer@cs.pdx.edu> XCB backend fix
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8fe63e862..79271ba50 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-24  Carl Worth  <cworth@cworth.org>
+
+	* AUTHORS:
+	* README: Fix typos.
+
 2005-08-24  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@novell.com>
 
 	* src/Makefile.am (cairo.def): Drop PDF and PS backend and FT font
diff --git a/README b/README
index e3815db8e..a9a1f9a76 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The latest releases of cairo can be found at:
 
 	http://cairographics.org/releases
 
-Snapshots of in-developmenent versions of cairo:
+Snapshots of in-development versions of cairo:
 
 	http://cairographics.org/snapshots