diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.README b/share/mk/bsd.README
index d6840d53c945..16cf6bbf32b1 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.README
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.README
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bsd.dep.mk		- handle Makefile dependencies
 bsd.doc.mk		- building troff system documents
 bsd.files.mk		- install of general purpose files
 bsd.incs.mk		- install of include files
-bsd.info.mk		- building GNU Info hypertext system (depreciated)
+bsd.info.mk		- building GNU Info hypertext system (deprecated)
 bsd.init.mk		- initialization for the make include files
 bsd.kmod.mk		- building loadable kernel modules
 bsd.lib.mk		- support for building libraries
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ bsd.port.post.mk	- building ports
 bsd.port.pre.mk		- building ports
 bsd.port.subdir.mk	- targets for building subdirectories for ports
 bsd.prog.mk		- building programs from source files
-bsd.progs.mk		- build multiple programs from sources (depreciated)
+bsd.progs.mk		- build multiple programs from sources (deprecated)
 bsd.snmpmod.mk		- building modules for the SNMP daemon bsnmpd
 bsd.subdir.mk		- targets for building subdirectories
 bsd.sys.mk		- common settings used for building FreeBSD sources