diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-exp.xml b/chapter05/binutils-exp.xml
index c78a2519c..6722b5dda 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-exp.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <para><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build:</userinput> The installation
 instructions for Binutils recommend creating a seperate build directory
 instead of compiling the package inside the source tree. So, we create a
-binutils-buildd directory and work from there.</para>
+binutils-build directory and work from there.</para>
 
 <para><userinput>--disable-nls:</userinput> This option disabled
 internationalization (also known as i18n). We don't need this for our
diff --git a/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml
index 1c4c155fd..f8a0ecf03 100644
--- a/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ FHS-compliant.</para>
 directory, which we don't much like for a base system. But feel free to 
 make your system FHS-compliant if you wish. The FHS isn't precise as 
 to the structure of the /usr/local/share subdirectories, so we took the 
-liberty of creating the directories that we felt needed.</para>
+liberty of creating the directories that we felt were needed.</para>
 
 </sect2>