diff --git a/Misc/HISTORY b/Misc/HISTORY
index 5cb263c55c8..128870c25fe 100644
--- a/Misc/HISTORY
+++ b/Misc/HISTORY
@@ -12533,7 +12533,7 @@ uudecode bug where it complaints about trailing garbage is still there
 decimal numbers).
 
 - In string.atof(), don't fail when the "re" module is unavailable.
-Plug the ensueing security leak by supplying an empty __builtins__
+Plug the ensuing security leak by supplying an empty __builtins__
 directory to eval().
 
 - A bunch of small fixes and improvements to Tkinter.py.
diff --git a/Modules/makesetup b/Modules/makesetup
index 8862c36e7b2..1bffcbf4fd7 100755
--- a/Modules/makesetup
+++ b/Modules/makesetup
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ esac
 NL='\
 '
 
-# Setup to link with extra libraries when makeing shared extensions.
+# Setup to link with extra libraries when making shared extensions.
 # Currently, only Cygwin needs this baggage.
 case `uname -s` in
 CYGWIN*) if test $libdir = .