diff --git a/src/doc/book/closures.md b/src/doc/book/closures.md
index a6b4e9492181c..e8c88b7db0699 100644
--- a/src/doc/book/closures.md
+++ b/src/doc/book/closures.md
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ fn call_with_ref<'a, F>(some_closure:F) -> i32
     where F: Fn(&'a 32) -> i32 {
 ```
 
-However this presents a problem with in our case. When you specify the explict
+However this presents a problem with in our case. When you specify the explicit
 lifetime on a function it binds that lifetime to the *entire* scope of the function
 instead of just the invocation scope of our closure. This means that the borrow checker
 will see a mutable reference in the same lifetime as our immutable reference and fail
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ fn call_with_ref<F>(some_closure:F) -> i32
 ```
 
 This lets the Rust compiler find the minimum lifetime to invoke our closure and
-satisfy the borrow checker's rules. Our function then compiles and excutes as we
+satisfy the borrow checker's rules. Our function then compiles and executes as we
 expect.
 
 ```rust
diff --git a/src/doc/book/testing.md b/src/doc/book/testing.md
index 7954085472e50..86729147ed065 100644
--- a/src/doc/book/testing.md
+++ b/src/doc/book/testing.md
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ one.
 
 Cargo will ignore files in subdirectories of the `tests/` directory.
 Therefore shared modules in integrations tests are possible.
-For example `tests/common/mod.rs` is not seperatly compiled by cargo but can 
+For example `tests/common/mod.rs` is not separately compiled by cargo but can
 be imported in every test with `mod common;`
 
 That's all there is to the `tests` directory. The `tests` module isn't needed