diff --git a/guides/source/association_basics.md b/guides/source/association_basics.md
index 61b73563302c1..37a1137f8e77e 100644
--- a/guides/source/association_basics.md
+++ b/guides/source/association_basics.md
@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ allows Active Record to:
 
 * Prevent inconsistent data
 
-    Since only one copy of the `Author` object is loaded, it helpes to prevent
+    Since only one copy of the `Author` object is loaded, it helps to prevent
     inconsistencies.
 
     ```irb
diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md
index f296fb599dd61..e8bc5b4e18fa0 100644
--- a/guides/source/configuring.md
+++ b/guides/source/configuring.md
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ Setting the value to `:none` configures Action Pack raise all exceptions.
 
 Configures whether the `ActionDispatch::ETag` middleware should prefer the `ETag` header over the `Last-Modified` header when both are present in the response.
 
-If set to `true`, when both headers are present only the `ETag` is considered as specificed by RFC 7232 section 6.
+If set to `true`, when both headers are present only the `ETag` is considered as specified by RFC 7232 section 6.
 
 If set to `false`, when both headers are present, both headers are checked and both need to match for the response to be considered fresh.