diff --git a/include/ps/internal/utils.h b/include/ps/internal/utils.h
index ed198765..f28dcaf1 100644
--- a/include/ps/internal/utils.h
+++ b/include/ps/internal/utils.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ typedef unsigned __int64 uint64_t;
 /*!
  * \brief Get environment variable as int with default.
  * \param key the name of environment variable.
- * \param default_val the default value of environment vriable.
+ * \param default_val the default value of environment variable.
  * \return The value received
  */
 template<typename V>
diff --git a/src/van.cc b/src/van.cc
index bfb25170..a9348238 100644
--- a/src/van.cc
+++ b/src/van.cc
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ void Van::PackMeta(const Meta& meta, char** meta_buf, int* buf_size) {
   *buf_size = pb.ByteSize();
   *meta_buf = new char[*buf_size + 1];
   CHECK(pb.SerializeToArray(*meta_buf, *buf_size))
-      << "failed to serialize protbuf";
+      << "failed to serialize protobuf";
 }
 
 void Van::UnpackMeta(const char* meta_buf, int buf_size, Meta* meta) {