diff --git a/ldsc.py b/ldsc.py
index aa81340a..d9930d08 100755
--- a/ldsc.py
+++ b/ldsc.py
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ def ldscore(args, log):
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument('--out', default='ldsc', type=str,
     help='Output filename prefix. If --out is not set, LDSC will use ldsc as the '
-    'defualt output filename prefix.')
+    'default output filename prefix.')
 # Basic LD Score Estimation Flags'
 parser.add_argument('--bfile', default=None, type=str,
     help='Prefix for Plink .bed/.bim/.fam file')
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ def ldscore(args, log):
     'i.e., \ell_j := \sum_k (p_k(1-p_k))^a r^2_{jk}, where p_k denotes the MAF '
     'of SNP j and a is the argument to --pq-exp. ')
 parser.add_argument('--no-print-annot', default=False, action='store_true',
-    help='By defualt, seting --cts-bin or --cts-bin-add causes LDSC to print '
+    help='By default, setting --cts-bin or --cts-bin-add causes LDSC to print '
     'the resulting annot matrix. Setting --no-print-annot tells LDSC not '
     'to print the annot matrix. ')
 parser.add_argument('--maf', default=None, type=float,
diff --git a/munge_sumstats.py b/munge_sumstats.py
index b84e98c9..00265a8e 100755
--- a/munge_sumstats.py
+++ b/munge_sumstats.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def get_cname_map(flag, default, ignore):
     (2) use everything in flags that is not in ignore
     (3) use everything in default that is not in ignore or in flags
 
-    The keys of flag are cleaned. The entries of ignore are not cleaned. The keys of defualt
+    The keys of flag are cleaned. The entries of ignore are not cleaned. The keys of default
     are cleaned. But all equality is modulo clean_header().
 
     '''