diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6d306f22d..d34b2c024f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ All the selected features will be registered into a dedicated `NULL` plugin name
 
 This will cause the features/plugins that are not registered to not be included in the final gstreamer-full library.
 
-This is an experimental feature, backward uncompatible changes could still be
+This is an experimental feature, backward incompatible changes could still be
 made in the future.
 
 # Development environment
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-docs/markdown/installing/building-from-source-using-meson.md b/subprojects/gst-docs/markdown/installing/building-from-source-using-meson.md
index 7d5d00ca9a..914d7a2182 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-docs/markdown/installing/building-from-source-using-meson.md
+++ b/subprojects/gst-docs/markdown/installing/building-from-source-using-meson.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ meson <build_directory>
 The `build_directory` is where all the build instructions and output will be
 located (This is also called *"out of directory"* building). If the directory is
 not created it will be done so at this point. Note that calling `meson` without
-any *command* argument is implicitely calling the `meson setup` command (i.e. to
+any *command* argument is implicitly calling the `meson setup` command (i.e. to
 do the initial configuration of a project).
 
 There is only one restriction regarding the location of the `build_directory`: