diff --git a/package/pkg-utils.mk b/package/pkg-utils.mk
index e8e508e334..a0dbeac18e 100644
--- a/package/pkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-utils.mk
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ extractor-pkg-dependency = $(EXTRACTOR_PKG_DEPENDENCY$(suffix $(1)))
 
 # extractor-system-dependency(filename): returns the name of the tool
 # needed to extract 'filename', and is meant to be used with
-# DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES, in order to check that the necesary tool is
+# DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES, in order to check that the necessary tool is
 # provided by the system Buildroot runs on.
 #
 # $(firstword) is used here because the extractor can have arguments,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ define yesno-to-bool
 endef
 
 # json-info -- return package or filesystem metadata formatted as an entry
-#              of a JSON dictionnary
+#              of a JSON dictionary
 # $(1): upper-case package or filesystem name
 define json-info
 	"$($(1)_NAME)": {