diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 93d651e66de08f939ef11b55b36ca5f666f79509..995718c3a49c0f7e3ac3df6022a2a587d2e3a4cb 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Changes in synpase 0.4.0 (2014-10-17)
 This server includes changes to the federation protocol that is not backwards
 compatible.
 
-The Matrix specification has been moved to a seperate git repository.
+The Matrix specification has been moved to a separate git repository.
 
 You will also need an updated syutil and config. See UPGRADES.rst.
 
diff --git a/UPGRADE.rst b/UPGRADE.rst
index 9746630dd7f4546497d16a439f95411d651ba613..99ce1a2d3d9d7d0d74d3f33aab30e7d142253314 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.rst
+++ b/UPGRADE.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This release needs an updated syutil version. Run::
 You will also need to upgrade your configuration as the signing key format has
 changed. Run::
 
-    python -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path <CONFIG_> --generate-config
+    python -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path <CONFIG> --generate-config
 
 
 Upgrading to v0.3.0