diff --git a/docs/content/community/contributing.md b/docs/content/community/contributing.md
index 5c0cd8ff2..787dca542 100644
--- a/docs/content/community/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/content/community/contributing.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ of the following paths:
 
 You got your new website running and it's powered by Hugo? Great. You can add your website with a few steps to the [showcase](/showcase/).
 
-First, make sure that you created a [fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) of Hugo on Github and cloned your fork on your local computer. Next, create a seperate branch for your additions:
+First, make sure that you created a [fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) of Hugo on Github and cloned your fork on your local computer. Next, create a separate branch for your additions:
 
 ```
 # You can choose a different descriptive branch name if you like
diff --git a/docs/content/templates/functions.md b/docs/content/templates/functions.md
index 224f5d1ff..b749e774c 100644
--- a/docs/content/templates/functions.md
+++ b/docs/content/templates/functions.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ e.g. Pass into "foo.html" a map with the keys "important, content"
     {{.content}}
     
 
-or Create a map on the fly to pass into 
+or create a map on the fly to pass into 
 
     {{partial "foo" (dict "important" "Smiles" "content" "You should do more")}}