diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1f89fac..278156c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ framework in django and the django-cms. Yes there is the Media class used in
 forms in django, but really that doesn't work that well. Usually the frontend
 guys want to decide on css and javascript files to be included and they don't
 want to have to edit Python files to change that neither did I want them to
-change my Python files. Therefor there was a need to allow you to edit contents
+change my Python files. Therefore there was a need to allow you to edit contents
 of templates which are before or after the point where you are now. Also I
 wanted duplicates to be removed. As a result I wrote django-sekizai, which does
 exactly that. It's similar to blocks, just instead of inheriting them, you
diff --git a/sekizai/tests.py b/sekizai/tests.py
index 8e55f61..60ea6ff 100644
--- a/sekizai/tests.py
+++ b/sekizai/tests.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def namespace_processor(context, data, namespace):
 
 class SettingsOverride(object):
     """
-    Overrides Django settings within a context and resets them to their inital
+    Overrides Django settings within a context and resets them to their initial
     values on exit.
 
     Example:
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def test_named_endaddtoblock(self):
 
     def test_eat_content_before_render_block(self):
         """
-        Testing that content get's eaten if no render_blocks is available
+        Testing that content gets eaten if no render_blocks is available
         """
         bits = ["mycontent"]
         self._test("eat.html", bits)