diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 754c90960..8bfdade9f 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # You may select, at your option, one of the above-listed licenses.
 # ################################################################
 
-# default target (when runing `make` with no argument)
+# default target (when running `make` with no argument)
 lib-release:
 
 # Modules
diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 6cd5c1eee..4dcd84105 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # zstd-decompress : decompressor-only version of zstd
 # ##########################################################################
 
-# default target (when runing `make` with no argument)
+# default target (when running `make` with no argument)
 zstd-release:
 
 LIBZSTD_MK_DIR = ../lib