diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index 377115fafbc2..8f8ce4097335 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ in the header field
 The string search is case insensitive.
 If
 .Ar x
-is ommitted, it will default to the
+is omitted, it will default to the
 .Dq Li Subject
 header field.
 The form
diff --git a/usr.bin/nl/nl.1 b/usr.bin/nl/nl.1
index 610ec939aad6..f21ce93a3be9 100644
--- a/usr.bin/nl/nl.1
+++ b/usr.bin/nl/nl.1
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ utility reads lines from the named
 .Ar file
 or the standard input if the
 .Ar file
-argument is ommitted,
+argument is omitted,
 applies a configurable line numbering filter operation and writes the result
 to the standard output.
 .Pp