diff --git a/chapter05/tar.xml b/chapter05/tar.xml
index f3c519a5c..ce120113a 100644
--- a/chapter05/tar.xml
+++ b/chapter05/tar.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Tar</title>
 
-    <para>First fix a bug that was insterted into the latest code relese:</para>
+    <para>First fix a bug that was inserted into the latest code release:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i /SIGPIPE/d src/tar.c</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/tar.xml b/chapter06/tar.xml
index cbe8f777a..9b7bc4e4e 100644
--- a/chapter06/tar.xml
+++ b/chapter06/tar.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Tar</title>
 
-    <para>Again, fix a bug that was insterted into the latest code relese:</para>
+    <para>Again, fix a bug that was inserted into the latest code release:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i /SIGPIPE/d src/tar.c</userinput></screen>