diff --git a/third_party/java/jetty/README.txt b/third_party/java/jetty/README.txt
index 8bafb492..9877c861 100644
--- a/third_party/java/jetty/README.txt
+++ b/third_party/java/jetty/README.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BUILDING JETTY
 ==============
 
 Jetty uses maven 2 as its build system.  Maven will fetch
-the dependancies, build the server and assemble a runnable
+the dependencies, build the server and assemble a runnable
 version:
 
   mvn install
diff --git a/third_party/java/json_simple/README.txt b/third_party/java/json_simple/README.txt
index 9add952c..36534440 100644
--- a/third_party/java/json_simple/README.txt
+++ b/third_party/java/json_simple/README.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Simple Java toolkit for JSON (JSON.simple)
   a java.io.Reader or java.lang.String. Return type of JSONValue.parse() 
   is according to the mapping above. If the input is incorrect in syntax or
   there's exceptions during the parsing, I choose to return null, ignoring 
-  the exception: I have no idea if it's a serious implementaion, but I think
+  the exception: I have no idea if it's a serious implementation, but I think
   it's convenient to the user.
   
   Here's the example: