diff --git a/lib/access.h b/lib/access.h
index 57897694..12c88f7b 100644
--- a/lib/access.h
+++ b/lib/access.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ extern const sensors_chip_feature *sensors_lookup_feature_name
 extern int sensors_substitute_busses(void);
 
 
-/* Parse an i2c bus name into its components. Returns 0 on succes, a value from
+/* Parse an i2c bus name into its components. Returns 0 on success, a value from
    error.h on failure. */
 extern int sensors_parse_i2cbus_name(const char *name, int *res);
 
diff --git a/lib/libsensors.3 b/lib/libsensors.3
index 4ec46a40..feee366e 100644
--- a/lib/libsensors.3
+++ b/lib/libsensors.3
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Clean-up function: You can't access anything after this, until the next sensors_
 \fBint sensors_parse_chip_name(const char *orig_name,
                             sensors_chip_name *res);\fP
 .br
-Parse a chip name to the internal representation. Return 0 on succes, <0 on error.
+Parse a chip name to the internal representation. Return 0 on success, <0 on error.
 
 \fBint sensors_match_chip(sensors_chip_name chip1,
                        sensors_chip_name chip2);\fP