diff --git a/libexec/mknetid/mknetid.8 b/libexec/mknetid/mknetid.8
index 755c9a45f934..8204eae09491 100644
--- a/libexec/mknetid/mknetid.8
+++ b/libexec/mknetid/mknetid.8
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ and hosts in a operating system independent format.
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm
-command checks for duplicate occurances of netids and filters
+command checks for duplicate occurrences of netids and filters
 them out.
 .Pp
 The
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Normally,
 .Nm
 prints a warning message when it encounters a duplicate netid.
 This flag turns on 'quiet' mode, allowing the warnings to be
-surpressed. Other error messages may still be generated.
+suppressed. Other error messages may still be generated.
 .It Fl g Ar group_file
 Specify the location of the group information
 file. The compiled-in default is