diff --git a/core/io/autoclose_spec.rb b/core/io/autoclose_spec.rb
index 6a3578bc2..715ada7c9 100644
--- a/core/io/autoclose_spec.rb
+++ b/core/io/autoclose_spec.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     @io.should_not.autoclose?
   end
 
-  it "can be set multple times" do
+  it "can be set multiple times" do
     @io.autoclose = true
     @io.should.autoclose?
 
diff --git a/core/kernel/sleep_spec.rb b/core/kernel/sleep_spec.rb
index 057062972..d35e31300 100644
--- a/core/kernel/sleep_spec.rb
+++ b/core/kernel/sleep_spec.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     sleep(Rational(1, 999)).should >= 0
   end
 
-  it "accepts any Object that reponds to divmod" do
+  it "accepts any Object that responds to divmod" do
     o = Object.new
     def o.divmod(*); [0, 0.001]; end
     sleep(o).should >= 0