diff --git a/git/index/base.py b/git/index/base.py
index 753fa4ae2..f80eb290d 100644
--- a/git/index/base.py
+++ b/git/index/base.py
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ def remove(self, items, working_tree=False, **kwargs):
 
         :param kwargs:
             Additional keyword arguments to be passed to git-rm, such
-            as 'r' to allow recurive removal of
+            as 'r' to allow recursive removal of
 
         :return:
             List(path_string, ...) list of repository relative paths that have
diff --git a/git/test/test_repo.py b/git/test/test_repo.py
index 2e44f0aad..db3ee62bb 100644
--- a/git/test/test_repo.py
+++ b/git/test/test_repo.py
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ def test_merge_base(self):
         for kw in ('a', 'all'):
             res = repo.merge_base(c1, c2, c3, **{kw: True})
             assert isinstance(res, list) and len(res) == 1
-        # end for eaech keyword signalling all merge-bases to be returned
+        # end for each keyword signalling all merge-bases to be returned
 
         # Test for no merge base - can't do as we have
         self.failUnlessRaises(GitCommandError, repo.merge_base, c1, 'ffffff')