diff --git a/sys/dev/iwn/if_iwn.c b/sys/dev/iwn/if_iwn.c
index b287c6c5e692..37335099dad2 100644
--- a/sys/dev/iwn/if_iwn.c
+++ b/sys/dev/iwn/if_iwn.c
@@ -8060,7 +8060,7 @@ iwn_read_firmware_tlv(struct iwn_softc *sc, struct iwn_fw_info *fw,
 		case IWN_FW_TLV_WOWLAN_INST:
 		case IWN_FW_TLV_WOWLAN_DATA:
 			DPRINTF(sc, IWN_DEBUG_RESET,
-			    "TLV type %d reconized but not handled\n",
+			    "TLV type %d recognized but not handled\n",
 			    le16toh(tlv->type));
 			break;
 		default:
diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_mesh.c b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_mesh.c
index 8cd95c692fb6..de9d60b74859 100644
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_mesh.c
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_mesh.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static int ieee80211_mesh_backofftimeout = -1;
 SYSCTL_PROC(_net_wlan_mesh, OID_AUTO, backofftimeout, CTLTYPE_INT | CTLFLAG_RW,
     &ieee80211_mesh_backofftimeout, 0, ieee80211_sysctl_msecs_ticks, "I",
     "Backoff timeout (msec). This is to throutles peering forever when "
-    "not receving answer or is rejected by a neighbor");
+    "not receiving answer or is rejected by a neighbor");
 static int ieee80211_mesh_maxretries = 2;
 SYSCTL_INT(_net_wlan_mesh, OID_AUTO, maxretries, CTLFLAG_RW,
     &ieee80211_mesh_maxretries, 0,